²⁶ The righteous are released from misfortune,^[a]
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

⁷ Leave the presence of a fool,
    for there you do not find words of knowledge.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times,
    and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.^(A)

²⁴ Some^[a] friends play at friendship,^[b]
    but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.^(A)

¹⁶ If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
    lest, having too much, you vomit it up.^(A)
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest the neighbor become weary of you and hate you.

⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest
    is one who strays from home.
⁹ Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.^[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.^(A)

²⁴ To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
    one hears the victim’s curse but discloses nothing.^[a](A)