6. Allow many to be at peace with you, but allow one out of a thousand to be your counselor.
7. If you would obtain a friend, test him before you accept him, and do not trust him readily.
8. For there is a friend according to his own time, but he will not remain in the day of tribulation.
9. And there is a friend who can be turned to animosity. And there is a friend who will reveal hatred and ridicule and insults.
10. And there is a friend who is a companion at table, but he will not remain in a day of need.
11. A friend, if he remains steadfast, will be to you as you are to yourself, and he will act with faithfulness among those of your household.