Boast not thyself of to morrow
; for thou knowest
not what a day
may bring forth
.
Let another man praise
thee, and not thine own mouth
; a stranger
, and not thine own lips
.
A stone is heavy
, and the sand
weighty
; but a fool's
wrath
is heavier
than them both
.
Wrath is cruel
, and anger
is outrageous
; but who is able to stand
before
envy
?
Open rebuke
is better
than secret
love
.
Faithful are the wounds
of a friend
; but the kisses
of an enemy
are deceitful
.
The full soul
loatheth
an honeycomb
; but to the hungry
soul
every bitter thing
is sweet
.
As a bird that wandereth
from her nest
, so is a man
that wandereth
from his place
.
Ointment and perfume
rejoice
the heart
: so doth the sweetness
of a man's friend
by hearty
counsel
.
Thine own friend, and thy father's
friend
, forsake
not; neither go
into thy brother's
house
in the day
of thy calamity
: for better
is a neighbour
that is near
than a brother
far off
.
My son, be wise
, and make my heart
glad
, that I may answer
him that reproacheth
me.
A prudent man foreseeth
the evil
, and hideth
himself; but the simple
pass on
, and are punished
.
Take his garment
that is surety
for a stranger
, and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman
.
He that blesseth his friend
with a loud
voice
, rising early
in the morning
, it shall be counted
a curse
to him.
A continual dropping
in a very rainy
day
and a contentious
woman
are alike
.
Whosoever hideth her hideth
the wind
, and the ointment
of his right hand
, which bewrayeth
itself .
Iron sharpeneth
iron
; so a man
sharpeneth
the countenance
of his friend
.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree
shall eat
the fruit
thereof: so he that waiteth
on his master
shall be honoured
.
As in water face
answereth to face
, so the heart
of man
to man
.
Hell and destruction
are never
full
; so the eyes
of man
are never satisfied
.
As the fining pot for silver
, and the furnace
for gold
; so is a man
to
his praise
.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool
in a mortar
among
wheat
with a pestle
, yet will not his foolishness
depart
from him.
Be thou diligent to know
the state
of thy flocks
, and look
well
to thy herds
.
For riches are not for ever
: and doth the crown
endure to every
generation
?
The hay appeareth
, and the tender grass
sheweth
itself, and herbs
of the mountains
are gathered
.
The lambs are for thy clothing
, and the goats
are the price
of the field
.
And thou shalt have goats' milk
enough
for thy food
, for the food
of thy household
, and for the maintenance
for thy maidens
.