^{1 Ref} Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.

^{2 Ref} Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

^{3 Ref} A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

^{4 Ref} Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

^{5 Ref} Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.

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

^{7 Ref} A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

^{8 Ref} As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

^{9 Ref} Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

^{10 Ref} Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

^{11 Ref} Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

^{12 Ref} A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

^{13 Ref} Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

^{14 Ref} He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.

^{15 Ref} A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

^{16 Ref} Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.

^{17 Ref} Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

^{18 Ref} Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

^{19 Ref} As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man.

^{20 Ref} Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.

^{21 Ref} The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.

^{22 Ref} Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

^{23 Ref} Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds:

^{24 Ref} For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

^{25 Ref} The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in.

^{26 Ref} The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field.

^{27 Ref} There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.

^{1 Ref} Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

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

^{3 Ref} A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

^{4 Ref} Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

^{5 Ref} Better `is' open reproof than hidden love.

^{6 Ref} Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

^{7 Ref} A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And `to' a hungry soul every bitter thing `is' sweet.

^{8 Ref} As a bird wandering from her nest, So `is' a man wandering from his place.

^{9 Ref} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

^{10 Ref} 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 Ref} Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

^{12 Ref} The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

^{13 Ref} Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

^{14 Ref} Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

^{15 Ref} A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

^{16 Ref} Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

^{17 Ref} Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

^{18 Ref} The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

^{19 Ref} As `in' water the face `is' to face, So the heart of man to man.

^{20 Ref} Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

^{21 Ref} A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

^{22 Ref} If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

^{23 Ref} Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

^{24 Ref} For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

^{25 Ref} Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

^{26 Ref} Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats,

^{27 Ref} And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

^{1 Ref} Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

^{2 Ref} Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

^{3 Ref} A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

^{4 Ref} Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

^{5 Ref} Better is open protest than love kept secret.

^{6 Ref} The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

^{7 Ref} The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

^{8 Ref} Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

^{9 Ref} Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

^{10 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

^{13 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

^{16 Ref} He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

^{17 Ref} Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

^{18 Ref} Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

^{19 Ref} Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

^{20 Ref} The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

^{21 Ref} The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

^{22 Ref} 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 Ref} Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

^{24 Ref} For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

^{25 Ref} The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

^{26 Ref} The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:

^{27 Ref} There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.