25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singed songs to an heavy heart.
25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
26.
26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
26:5 but answer silly by its nonsense that he didn't become a wise man in the opinion of the.
26:6 Cuts to itself feet, suffers trouble the one, who gives a verbal assignment to the fool.
26:7 Roughly rise feet at the lame, - and a parable in lips of fools.26:8 That putting jewel in I will forgive, rendering silly honor.
26:9 That a prickly sloe in a hand drunk, a parable in lips of fools.
26:10 The strong does everything randomly: both silly awards, and any passerby awards.
26:11 As the dog comes back on vomit the, so silly repeats the nonsense.
26:12 Sees thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
26:14 As the door turned upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
26:15 The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieved him to bring it again to his mouth.
26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
26:17 He that passed by, and meddled with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
26:18 As a mad man who casted firebrands, arrows, and death,
26:19 so is the man that deceived his neighbor, and smith, Am not I in sport?
26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire Goethe out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceased.
26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
26:24 He that hated dissembled with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26:26 If hatred is covered alone, his rage in people's assembly will open.
26:27 Who digs a hole that will fall in it and who will drive up a stone, to that it is turned back.
26:28 A lying tongue hated those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worked ruin.
27.
27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
27:4 Wraths is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
27:7 The full soul loathed an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8 As a bird that wandered from her nest, so is a man that wandered from his place.
27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproached me.
27:12 A prudent man foresheet the evil and hides him; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
27:14 He that blessed his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.