Proverbs

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]. ¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. [Prov. 10:1; 23:15, 24.] ¹²A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].