²⁶ A righteous person is cautious in friendship,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

²⁰ One who walks with wise men grows wise,
    but a companion of fools suffers harm.

⁷ Stay away from a foolish man,
    for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times;
    and a brother is born for adversity.

²⁴ A man of many companions may be ruined,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁶ Have you found honey?
    Eat as much as is sufficient for you,
    lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
¹⁷ Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

⁸ As a bird that wanders from her nest,
    so is a man who wanders from his home.
⁹ Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
    so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
¹⁰ Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

²⁴ Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul.
    He takes an oath, but dares not testify.