Proverbs

³Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool's [unreasoning] wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them. ⁴Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood, but who is able to stand before jealousy? ⁵Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. [Prov. 28:23; Gal. 2:14.] ⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are lavish and deceitful. ⁷He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home. ⁹Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart.