Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.
10Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer him who shames me.
12A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
13Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15A never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.
16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and his right hand encounters slippery oil.
17Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
19As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man answers to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
22Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
23Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.
24For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation?
25When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,
26the lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and a living for your young women.