Good News Bible Anglicised

Proverbs 25:16-23 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

16. Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit.

17. Don't visit your neighbours too often; they may get tired of you and come to hate you.

18. A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.

19. Depending on an unreliable person in a crisis is like trying to chew with a loose tooth or walk with a crippled foot.

20. Singing to a person who is depressed is like taking off his clothes on a cold day or like rubbing salt in a wound.

21. If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.

22. You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.

23. Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.