10 Do not forsake your friend, or your father’s friend, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, make my heart glad, so I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12 The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
14 If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
16 hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.