15:17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
than a fattened calf with hatred.
27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
20:6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?
12:26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
16:29 A violent person entices their neighbor
and leads them down a path that is not good.
22:24-25
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.
27:17 As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
18:24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
17:17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
18:24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
20:6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?
25:19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.
14:20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.
19:4 Wealth attracts many friends,
but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
19:6 Many curry favor with a ruler,
and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
19:7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
they are nowhere to be found.
28:23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
29:5 Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.
27:5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
10:12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.
11:6 A kindhearted woman gains honor,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
11:7 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
12:25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
14:21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.
17:9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
17:17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
19:22 What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar.
20:6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?
21:10 The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
22:11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.
27:10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
3:27-28 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, “come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you” – when you already have it with you.”
25:16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
too much of it, and you will vomit.
25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and they will hate you.
27:14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.
25:20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,
or like vinegar poured on a wound,
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can share its joy.