⁵ A public correction is better than hidden love.
⁶ Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend;
    excessive are the kisses of an enemy.

⁹ Oil and incense make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.^[a]
10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
    don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
    Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

¹⁴ Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
    will be viewed as a curse.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens a friend.