2
Do not fall into the grip of passion, or you may be torn apart as by a bull.
3
Your leaves will be devoured and your fruit destroyed, and you will be left like a withered tree.
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.
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.