8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.
9 As ointment and perfume gladden the heart, so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.
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.