23. You will no longer be able to bind his wound. For there may be a reconciliation from cursing.
24. But to disclose the secrets of a friend is the hopeless act of an unhappy soul.
25. One who winks with the eye fabricates iniquity, and no one will cast him aside.
26. In the sight of your eyes, he will sweeten his mouth, and he will admire your talk. But at the very end, he will pervert his mouth, and he will offer a scandal from your own words.
27. I have hated many things, but I have not done as he has done, and the Lord will hate him.