⁸     do not bring^[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?^(A)

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

²² In doing this, you will heap burning coals^(A) on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.^(B)

²⁴ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(A)