27:4. Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
27:5. Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
27:6. Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
27:7. A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
27:8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
27:9. Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
27:10. Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.
27:11. Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
27:12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
27:13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.