fervent lips[[199]] and a bad heart (xxvi. 23).

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth:

a stranger, and not thine own lips (xxvii. 2).

Faithful are the wounds of one who loves,

but the kisses of a hater are profuse[[200]] (xxvii. 6).

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;

and go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:

better is a near neighbour than a far off brother[[201]] (xxvii. 10).

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,

it is reckoned to him for a curse[[202]] (xxvii. 14).