4
Evil passion destroys those who have it, and makes them the laughingstock of their enemies.
5
Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
6
Let those who are friendly with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
7
When you gain friends, gain them through testing, and do not trust them hastily.
8
For there are friends who are such when it suits them, but they will not stand by you in time of trouble.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.