messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters. 025:014 As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively. 025:015 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone. 025:016 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. 025:017 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you. 025:018 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. 025:019 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot. 025:020 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 025:021 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: 025:022 for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you. 025:023 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face. 025:024 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. 025:025 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 025:026 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 025:027 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor. 025:028 Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. 026:001 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. 026:002 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. 026:003 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! 026:004 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 026:005 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 026:006 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. 026:007 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 026:008 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. 026:009 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 026:010 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by. 026:011 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. 026:012 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 026:013 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!" 026:014 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.