⁸ Do not go out ^(A)hastily to plead your case;
Lest, what will you do in ^[a]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?
^9 (B)Plead your case with your neighbor,
And ^(C)do not reveal the secret of another,
¹⁰ Lest he who hears it bring disgrace upon you,
And the bad report about you will not turn away.

¹¹ Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a ^(D)word spoken in ^[b]right circumstances.
¹² Like ^[c]an ^(E)earring of gold and an ^(F)ornament of ^(G)fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a ^(H)listening ear.
¹³ Like the cold of snow in the ^[d]time of harvest
Is a ^(I)faithful envoy to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
¹⁴ Like ^(J)clouds and ^(K)wind without rain
Is a man who boasts ^[e]of his gifts falsely.
^15 (L)When one is slow to anger, a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
¹⁶ Have you ^(M)found honey? Eat only enough for you,
Lest you have more than your fill and vomit it.
¹⁷ Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he have more than his fill of you and hate you.
¹⁸ Like a club and a ^(N)sword and a sharp ^(O)arrow
Is a man who bears ^[f](P)false witness against his neighbor.
¹⁹ Like ^[g]an aching tooth and a slipping foot
Is trust in a ^(Q)treacherous man in a day of distress.
²⁰ Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on ^[h]soda,
Is he who sings songs to ^[i]an aching heart.
^21 (R)If ^[j]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
²² For you will ^[k]heap burning coals on his head,
And ^(S)Yahweh will repay you.
²³ The north wind brings forth rain,
And a ^(T)tongue of secrets, an indignant face.
²⁴ It is ^(U)better to live in a corner of the roof
Than ^[l]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
²⁵ Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is a ^(V)good report from a distant land.
²⁶ Like a ^(W)muddied spring and a corrupted well
Is a righteous man shaking before the wicked.
²⁷ To eat too much honey is not good,
Nor is it glory to ^(X)search out ^[m]one’s own glory.
²⁸ Like a ^(Y)city that is broken into and without a wall
Is a man ^(Z)without restraint over his spirit.