3
You will devour your leaves and destroy your fruit, and will be left like a withered tree.
4
An evil soul will destroy him who has it, and make him the laughingstock of his enemies.
5
A pleasant voice multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
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.
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.