2. Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3. A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
4. Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
5. Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6. Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
7. A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
9. Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
10. Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
11. Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.