22:20 Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship. 22:21 Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning [to favour.] 22:22 If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for these things every friend will depart. 22:23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration. 22:24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood. 22:25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him. 22:26 And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware of him. 22:27 Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not? 23:1 O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them. 23:2 Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins: 23:3 Lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whose hope is far from thy mercy. 23:4 O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy servants always a haughty mind. 23:5 Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee. 23:6 Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind. 23:7 Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips. 23:8 The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby. 23:9 Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One. 23:10 For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless. 23:11 A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.