Proverbs
Chapters 25:15-21
Amplified Bible
15By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.]
16Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it.
17Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house, lest he become tired of you and hate you.
18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint.
20He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda. [Dan. 6:18; Rom. 12:15.]
21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; [Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20.]