²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,^(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.^(B)

²³ The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

²⁴ Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.^(C)

²⁵ Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.^[a](D)

²⁶ A righteous person who yields to the wicked^(E)
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.^(F)

²⁷ It is not good to eat too much honey^(G)
or to seek glory after glory.^[b](H)

²⁸ A person who does not control his temper^(I)
is like a city whose wall is broken down.^(J)

26 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,^(A)
honor is inappropriate for a fool.^(B)

² Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,^(C)
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.^(D)