⁹ Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself,
^[a]And disclose not the secret of another;
¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it revile thee,
And thine infamy turn not away.

¹⁴ As clouds and wind without rain,
So is he that boasteth himself ^[a]of his gifts falsely.

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor
Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

²³ The north wind bringeth forth rain;
So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.