21
The flute and the harp make pleasant melody, but a pleasant voice is better than both.
22
The eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both.
23
A friend or a companion never meets one amiss, but a wife with her husband is better than both.
24
Brothers and help are for a time of trouble, but almsgiving rescues better than both.
25
Gold and silver make the foot stand sure, but good counsel is esteemed more than both.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.