9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father’s friend, neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity, for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproaches me.
12 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are hurt by it.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.