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.

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