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[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] Anger is cruel, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before envy?
[5] Open rebuke is better than secret love.
[6] The wounds of a lover are faithful, and the kisses of an enemy are pleasant.
[7] The person that is full, despiseth an honeycomb: but unto the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his own place.
[9] As ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
[10] Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
[11] My son, be wise, and rejoice mine heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
[12] A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himself: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.
[13] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
[14] He that praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
[15] A continual dropping in the day of rain, and a contentious woman are alike.
[16] He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and she is as the oil in his right hand, that uttereth itself.
[17] Iron sharpeneth iron, so doth man sharpen the face of his friend.
[18] He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honor.
[19] As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
[20] The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
[21] As is the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is every man according to his dignity.
[22] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat brayed with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
[23] Be diligent to know the state of thy flock, and take heed to the herds.
[24] For riches remain not alway, nor the crown from generation to generation.
[25] The hay discovereth itself, and the grass appeareth, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.
[26] The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
[27] And let the milk of the goats be sufficient for thy food, for the food of thy family, and for the sustenance of thy maids.
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