9. Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice,likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
10. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
11. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12. A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself,but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
13. Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger,and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.
14. If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,it will be counted as a curse to him.
15. A continual dripping on a rainy dayand a contentious wife are alike.
16. Whoever hides her hides the windor grasps oil with his right hand.
17. As iron sharpens iron,so a person sharpens his friend.
18. The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19. As in water the face is reflected as a face,so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20. As Death and Destruction are never satisfied,so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
21. As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold,so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22. If you should pound the fool in the mortaramong the grain with the pestle,his foolishness would not depart from him.
23. Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks,give careful attention to your herds,
24. for riches do not last forever,nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
25. When the hay is removed and new grass appears,and the grass from the hills is gathered in,