5 Open rebuke is betterthan secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb,but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,that I may answer him who reproachesme.