Proverbs

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. ¹⁰Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].