He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself [belongs] to him as well as shame.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].
He says to you, “Eat and drink,”
Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger, - then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.

A man will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,
And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him [as a harvest].