⁵ Better a rebuke that is open
    than a love that is hidden.
⁶ The wounds of a friend mean well,
    but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

⁹ Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
    and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.^[a]
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
    and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
    Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

¹⁴ He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice
    early in the morning,
    a curse will be reckoned to him.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens^[a] iron,
    so one man sharpens another.^[b]