⁶ Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
    and don’t crave his delicacies:
⁷     for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.
⁸ The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
    and lose your good words.

⁶ One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
    is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

¹⁰ As an archer who wounds all,
    so is he who hires a fool
    or he who hires those who pass by.

²⁴ A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
    but he harbors evil in his heart.
²⁵ When his speech is charming, don’t believe him,
    for there are seven abominations in his heart.
²⁶ His malice may be concealed by deception,
    but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
²⁷ Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.
    Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
²⁸ A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.

⁶ The wounds of a friend are faithful,
    although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor
    spreads a net for his feet.