^{1 Ref} Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

^{2 Ref} Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

^{3 Ref} A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

^{4 Ref} Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

^{5 Ref} Open rebuke is better than secret love.

^{6 Ref} Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

^{7 Ref} The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

^{8 Ref} As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

^{9 Ref} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

^{10 Ref} Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; 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 Ref} My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

^{12 Ref} A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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

^{14 Ref} He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

^{15 Ref} A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

^{16 Ref} Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

^{17 Ref} Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

^{18 Ref} Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

^{19 Ref} As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

^{20 Ref} Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

^{21 Ref} As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

^{22 Ref} Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

^{23 Ref} Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

^{24 Ref} For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

^{25 Ref} The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

^{26 Ref} The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

^{27 Ref} And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.