aDo not boast about tomorrow, For you bdo not know what a day may bring forth.
2Let aanother praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But awho can stand before jealousy?
5Better is aopen rebuke Than love that is concealed.
6Faithful are the awounds of a friend, But 1deceitful are the bkisses of an enemy.
7A sated 1man 2loathes honey, But to a famished 1man any bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a abird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who bwanders from his 1home.
9aOil and perfume make the heart glad, So a 1man's counsel is sweet to his friend.
10Do not forsake your own afriend or byour father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
11aBe wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may breply to him who reproaches me.
12A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The 1naive proceed and pay the penalty.
13aTake his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an 1adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
14aHe who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.
15A aconstant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
16He who would 1restrain her 1restrains the wind, And 2grasps oil with his right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
18He who tends the afig tree will eat its fruit, And he who bcares for his master will be honored.
19As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.
201 aSheol and 2Abaddon are bnever satisfied, Nor are the ceyes of man ever satisfied.
21The acrucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each bis tested by the praise accorded him.
22Though you apound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23aKnow well the 1condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;
24For riches are not forever, Nor does a acrown endure to all generations.
25When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are agathered in,
26The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,
27And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.