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。

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one`s friend -- from counsel of the soul.10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,27 And a sufficiency of goats` milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!