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10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred on the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbour who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 The clever see danger and hide;
    but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

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