¹⁸ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

²⁵ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

²⁰ As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

⁹ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.