Proverbs

⁷it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes ⁸do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame? ⁹If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence, ¹⁰or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand. ¹¹Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given. ¹²Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear. ¹³Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him; he refreshes the spirit of his master.