9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,That I may answer him who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;The simple pass on and are punished.
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,It will be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dripping on a very rainy dayAnd a contentious woman are alike;