1 Don’t boast about tomorrow;

for you don’t know what a day may bring.

2 Let another man praise you,

and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy,

and sand is a burden;

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel,

and anger is overwhelming;

but who is able to stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

6 The wounds of a friend are faithful,

although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb;

but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

8 As a bird that wanders from her nest,

so is a man who wanders from his home.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;

so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.

Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.

A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

11 Be wise, my son,

and bring joy to my heart,

then I can answer my tormentor.

12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;

but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.

Hold it for a wayward woman!

14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,

it will be taken as a curse by him.

15 A continual dropping on a rainy day

and a contentious wife are alike:

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind,

or like grasping oil in his right hand.

17 Iron sharpens iron;

so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.

He who looks after his master shall be honored.

19 Like water reflects a face,

so a man’s heart reflects the man.

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;

and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

21 The crucible is for silver,

and the furnace for gold;

but man is refined by his praise.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,

yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

23 Know well the state of your flocks,

and pay attention to your herds,

24 for riches are not forever,

nor does the crown endure to all generations.

25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,

the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

26 The lambs are for your clothing,

and the goats are the price of a field.

27 There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,

for your family’s food,

and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine 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] impetuous, but who [is] able to stand before envy?

5 Open rebuke [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 a 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 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, 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.

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 hurt by it.

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety 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 dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries [out].

17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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

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

20 Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.

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

23 Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, [and] put thy heart into thy herds.

24 For riches [are] not for ever, and does the crown [endure] to every generation?

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

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

27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance of thy maidens.: