6
Let those that are at peace with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
7
When you gain a friend, gain him through testing, and do not trust him hastily.
8
For there is a friend who is such at his own convenience, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
9
And there is a friend who changes into an enemy, and will disclose a quarrel to your disgrace.
10
And there is a friend who is a table companion, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
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.