Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; let it be a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.
4Fury is fierce, and anger overflows, but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is revealed reproof than secret love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a lover, and plentiful are the kisses of one hating.
7One who is full tramples a honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8A man wandering from his place is like a bird that wanders from the nest.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, and one's friend is sweet from the counsel of the soul.
10Do not forsake your friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity, for a near neighbor is better than a brother far away.
11My son, become wise and give joy to my heart, so that I may return a word to him that taunts me.
12A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself; the simple go on and are punished.
13Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.
14He who rises early in the morning and blesses his friend with a loud voice, it is counted as cursing to him.
15Drops that never cease on a rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike;
16he who hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand cries out.
17Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens his friend's face.
18The keeper of the fig tree eats its fruit, so he keeping his master is honored.
19As face reflects face in the water, so the heart of man reflects a man.
20Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21The refining pot tries silver, and the furnace tries gold, but a man is tried by the mouth of his praise.
22If you pound a fool in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.
23Know well the face of your flock; set your heart on your herds,
24for wealth is not forever, nor the crown from generation to generation.
25When the grass is revealed, and the new grass is seen, and the mountain plants are taken up,
26the lambs will be for your clothing, and the he goats the price for a field,
27and there will be goat's milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the life of your maidens.