1 Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for youi know not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise youi, and not youi own mouth; a stranger, and not youi own lips.

3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.

4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

5 Open rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) [is] better than secret love.

6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.

7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so [is] a man that wanders from his place.

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [does] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10 You1s own friend, and youi father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into youi brother’s house in the day of youi calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.

12 A prudent [man] foresees the evil, [and] hides himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] betrays [itself].

17 Just as iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) of his friend.

18 Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.

19 As in water face [answers] to face, so the heart of man to man.

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

22 Though youi should pound on a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

23 Be youi diligent to know the state of youi flocks, [and] look well to youi herds.

24 For riches [are] not forever: and does the crown [endure] to every generation?

25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

26 The lambs [are] for youi clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

27 And [youi shall have] goats’ milk enough for youi food, for the food of youi household, and [for] the maintenance for youi maidens.