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With patience a ruler may be won over, and a gentle tongue can break bones.
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If you find honey, eat only what you need; for if you eat too much of it, you may throw it up;
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so don't visit your neighbor too much, or he may get his fill of you and come to hate you.
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Like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
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Relying on an untrustworthy person in a time of trouble is like [relying on] a broken tooth or an unsteady leg.
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Like removing clothes on a chilly day or like vinegar on soda is someone who sings songs to a heavy heart.
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If someone who hates you is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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For you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head, and ADONAI will reward you.
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The north wind brings rain and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
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It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.
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Like cold water to a person faint from thirst is good news from a distant land.
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Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
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It isn't good to eat too much honey or to seek honor after honor.
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Like a city breached, without walls, is a person who lacks self-control.