Proverbs 25:15-17

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¹⁵ With patience you can convince a ruler,
and a ·gentle [tender] word ·can get through to the hard-headed [^Lbreaks bone].

¹⁶ If you find honey, ·don’t eat too much [eat the right amount],
    or it will make you full and you will throw up.
¹⁷ ·Don’t go to your neighbor’s house too often [^LRarely let your feet step into your neighbor’s house];
    ·too much of you will make him [^Lthey will have their fill of you and] hate you.