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1Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
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Do not forsake your friend and 2your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. 3Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
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4Be wise, 5my son, and 6make my heart glad, that I may 7answer him who reproaches me.
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8The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but 9the simple go on and suffer for it.
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10Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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11A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
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to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
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12Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who 13guards his master will be honored.
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As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.