20. Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heartis like taking someone’s coat in cold weatheror pouring vinegar in a wound.
21. If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
22. You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads,and the lord will reward you.
23. As surely as a north wind brings rain,so a gossiping tongue causes anger!
24. It’s better to live alone in the corner of an atticthan with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
25. Good news from far awayis like cold water to the thirsty.
26. If the godly give in to the wicked,it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
27. It’s not good to eat too much honey,and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.
28. A person without self-controlis like a city with broken-down walls.