7. He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8. Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home.
9. Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart.
10. Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].
11. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. [Prov. 10:1; 23:15, 24.]
12. A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].
13. [The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners. [Prov. 20:16.]
14. The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes].
15. A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike; [Prov. 19:13.]
16. Whoever attempts to restrain [a contentious woman] might as well try to stop the wind–his right hand encounters oil [and she slips through his fingers].
17. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose].
18. Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored. [I Cor. 9:7, 13.]
19. As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man.
20. Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied. [Prov. 30:16; Hab. 2:5.]
21. As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts].
22. Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.