²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

¹² There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

²⁴ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

⁵ Open rebuke is better than secret love.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.