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13 A faithful employee is as refreshing as a cool day[a] in the hot summertime.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:13 a cool day, literally, “snow.”

16 Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much of it, or it will make you sick!

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19 Putting confidence in an unreliable man is like chewing with a sore tooth, or trying to run on a broken foot.

20 Being happy-go-lucky around a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing his jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in his wounds.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:20 rubbing salt in his wounds, literally, “like vinegar upon soda.”

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