9. Ointment and perfume gladden the heart, So one’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
10. Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go into your brother’s house In the day of your calamity – Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
11. My son, be wise, and gladden my heart, That I might have a word for him who reproaches me.
12. A clever man foresees calamity, hides himself; The simple shall go on, they are punished.
13. Take the garment of him who is guarantor for a stranger, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14. He who greets his friend loudly early in the morning, Shall have it reckoned to him as a curse.
15. Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;
16. Whoever represses her represses the wind, And his right hand encounters oil.
17. Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18. He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.