1Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth: a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty: but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4Anger is cruel, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before envy?
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6The wounds of a lover are faithful, and the kisses of an enemy are pleasant.
7The person that is full, despiseth an honeycomb: but unto the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his own place.
9As ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend and thy father’s friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and rejoice mine heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himself: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14He that praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15A continual dropping in the day of rain, and a contentious woman are alike.
16He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and she is as the oil in his right hand that uttereth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron, so doth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honor.
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
21As is the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is every man according to his dignity.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat brayed with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be diligent to know the state of thy flock, and take heed to the herds.
24For riches remain not always, nor the crown from generation to generation.
25The hay discovereth itself, and the grass appeareth, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27And let the milk of the goats be sufficient for thy food, for the food of thy family, and for the sustenance of thy maids.