⁹ Whoever would foster love covers over an offence,
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

¹⁰ A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

¹¹ Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

¹² Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.

¹³ Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil for good.

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
²² In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

²³ Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue – which provokes a horrified look.

²⁴ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

²⁵ Like cold water to a weary soul
    is good news from a distant land.
²⁶ Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
    are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

²⁷ It is not good to eat too much honey,
    nor is it honourable to search out matters that are too deep.

²⁸ Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.