Proverbs 25:15-28

English Standard Version

¹⁵ With ^(A)patience a ruler may be persuaded,
    and a soft tongue will break a bone.
¹⁶ If you have ^(B)found honey, eat ^(C)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
¹⁷ Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,
    lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
¹⁸ A man who ^(D)bears false witness against his neighbor
    is like a war club, or ^(E)a sword, or a sharp arrow.
¹⁹ Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble
    is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
²⁰ Whoever ^(F)sings songs to a heavy heart
    is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
    and like vinegar on soda.
^21 (G)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
²² for you will heap ^(H)burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.
²³ The north wind brings forth rain,
    and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
^24 (I)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
²⁵ Like cold water to ^(J)a thirsty soul,
    so is ^(K)good news from a far country.
²⁶ Like ^(L)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
²⁷ It is ^(M)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to ^(N)seek one's own glory.^[a]
28 A man ^(O)without self-control
    is like ^(P)a city broken into and left without walls.