Proverbs

⁵Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. ⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. ⁷The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. ⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel. ¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. ¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.