- 1. ¶ BOAST not for tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
- 2. ¶ Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; another, and not your own lips.
- 3. ¶ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.
- 4. Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous; but who can stand before envy?
- 5. ¶ Open rebuke is better than deceitful friendship.
- 6. Better are the wounds of a friend than the kisses of an enemy.
- 7. ¶ A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry person even a bitter thing is sweet.
- 8. ¶ Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.
- 9. ¶ As oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- 10. Your own friend and your father’s friend forsake not; neither go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
- 11. ¶ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me.
- 12. ¶ A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself; but the fools pass on and suffer loss.
- 13. ¶ He who is surety for a stranger, his cloak will be taken away from him and held in pledge for the stranger.
- 14. ¶ He who blesses his friend with a flattering loud voice is not different from him who curses.
- 15. ¶ Like a continual dripping on a rainy day, so is a quarrelsome woman.
- 16. The north wind is severe, but it is called the right wind.
- 17. ¶ Iron sharpens iron; so a man enlightens the face of his friend.
- 18. ¶ He who guards his fig tree shall eat its fruit; and he who is careful of his master shall be honored.
- 19. ¶ As faces do not resemble faces, so hearts do not resemble hearts.
- 20. ¶ Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- 21. ¶ As the refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the mouth of those who praise him. The heart of the wicked desires evil, and the heart of the pious desires knowledge.
- 22. ¶ Though you should beat a fool in the midst of an assembly, you will not do him any good, nor will you cause his foolishness to depart from him.
- 23. ¶ When you are feeding the sheep, know their faces and set your mind on the flock.
- 24. Possessions are not for ever; nor can riches be handed down from one generation to another.
- 25. The grass springs up, the tender growth shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.
- 26. The lambs are for your clothing and the kids are for your sustenance;
- 27. And the goats’ milk is for your food and for the food of your household.
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