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.
12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
14. He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
15. Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
16. He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
17. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.