Proverbs 25:15-23

15Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can break bones.

16Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!

17Don’t visit your neighbors too often, or you will wear out your welcome.

18Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.

19Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.

20Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound.

21If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.

22You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.

23As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!