22. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord will reward you.
23. The north wind brings forth rain; so does a backbiting tongue bring forth an angry countenance.
24. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a disagreeing, quarrelsome, and scolding woman. [Prov. 21:9.]
25. Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far [home] country.
26. Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked.
27. It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory.
28. He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. [Prov. 16:32.]