7 An appetite that is sated spurns honey, but to an appetite that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them, and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.
12 When the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on and suffer.
13 Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger, and to an adulteress—so take his pledge.