| Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. | Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. |
| A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty. | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
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| As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another. | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person. | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
