⁵ Open correction is better than concealed love.
⁶ Wounds from someone who loves you can be trusted,
but the kisses of someone who hates you are too much.^[a]

⁹ Olive oil and incense bring joy to a heart,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere advice.^[a]
10 Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you.
A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.

¹⁴ When someone blesses his neighbor in a loud voice early in the morning,
    it will be regarded as a curse.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
and a man sharpens the insight of his friend.