Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

The Lord is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;
the one who guards himself stays far from them.

Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.

Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.

She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from far away.