1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
3 A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
20 The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
1 不要为明日自夸， 因为今天要发生什么事， 你尚且不知道。
2 让外人夸奖你， 不可自己夸奖自己； 让别人称赞你， 不可自己称赞自己。
3 石头重， 沙土也重， 愚妄人的怒气比这两样更重。
4 烈怒虽然凶残， 暴怒又好像狂澜， 人还可以抵受； 但面对嫉妒， 谁能站立得住呢？
5 坦白的责备， 胜过暗中的爱。
6 爱你的人加的创伤是出于忠诚； 恨你的人却与你连连亲嘴。
7 吃饱的人连蜂房的蜜也厌恶； 饥饿的人连一切苦的东西都觉得甘甜。
8 离家的人到处飘泊， 好像离巢的雀鸟到处游飞一样。
9 膏油和香料使人心畅快， 朋友真诚的劝勉也使人觉得甘甜。
10 你的朋友和你父亲的朋友， 你都不可离弃； 在你遭遇患难的日子， 不可进你兄弟的家。在附近的邻舍胜过在远方的兄弟。
11 我儿， 你要作智慧人， 使我的心快乐， 我也可以回答那羞辱我的。
12 精明人看见灾祸， 就躲藏起来； 愚蒙人反往前走， 自取祸害。
13 谁为陌生人作保证人， 就拿去谁的衣服； 谁替妓女作保证人， 谁就要作担保。
14 清晨起来大声为邻舍祝福的， 就等于是咒诅他。
15 下大雨的时候不断滴漏； 就像吵闹的妇人一样；
16 谁要拦阻她， 就像拦阻风， 也像右手抓油。
17 铁磨铁， 磨得锋利； 朋友互相切磋， 才智（"才智"原文作"面"）也变得敏锐。
18 照料无花果树的， 必吃树上的果子； 事奉主人的， 必得尊荣。
19 水怎样映照人面， 人的心思也怎样反映其人。
20 阴间和灭亡不会满足， 人的眼目也是一样。
21 用锅炼银， 用炉炼金； 人的称赞也试炼人。
22 你虽然用杵把愚妄人与碎谷一同捣在臼中， 他的愚妄还是离不了他。
23 你要清楚知道你羊群的景况， 专心照料你的牛群。
24 因为财富不是永恒的， 冠冕也不能存到万代。
25 干草割去， 嫩草又出现， 山上的野草也都收集起来。
26 羊羔的毛可以给你作衣服， 山羊可以作买田地的价银。
27 山羊奶足够作你的食物， 也足够作你一家的食物， 并且足够维持你众婢女的生活。