²⁶ The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;
But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

^20 [a]Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise;
But the companion of fools shall ^[b]smart for it.

^7 [a]Go into the presence of a foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times;
And ^[a]a brother is born for adversity.

^24 [a]He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a ^[b]friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

24 Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
² For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.

¹⁶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
¹⁷ Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house,
Lest he be ^[a]weary of thee, and hate thee.

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
¹⁰ Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

²⁴ Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul;
He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.