5. A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
6. Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
7. If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
8. For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
9. And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.
10. And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.
11. A friend ii he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.