20. Singing songs to a troubled heartis like taking off clothing on a cold dayor like pouring vinegar on soda.
21. If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22. for you will heap burning coals on his head,and the Lord will reward you.
23. The north wind produces rain,and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
24. Better to live on the corner of a roofthan to share a house with a nagging wife.
25. Good news from a distant landis like cold water to a parched throat.
26. A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
27. It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.
28. A man who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.