1Boast[H1984] not thyself of to morrow[H4279]; for thou knowest[H3045] not what a day[H3117] may bring forth[H3205].
2
Let another man[H2114]praise[H1984] thee, and not thine own mouth[H6310]; a stranger[H5237], and not thine own lips[H8193].
3
A stone[H68] is heavy[H3514], and the sand[H2344]weighty[H5192]; but a fool's wrath[H3708] is heavier[H3515] than them both[H8147].
4Wrath[H2534] is cruel[H395], and anger[H639] is outrageous[H7858]; but who is able to stand[H5975]before[H6440]envy?[H7068]
5Open[H1540]rebuke[H8433] is better[H2896] than secret[H5641]love[H160].
6Faithful[H539] are the wounds[H6482] of a friend[H157]; but the kisses[H5390] of an enemy[H8130] are deceitful[H6280].
7
The full[H7649]soul[H5315]loatheth[H947] an honeycomb[H5317]; but to the hungry[H7457]soul[H5315] every bitter thing[H4751] is sweet[H4966].
8
As a bird[H6833] that wandereth[H5074] from her nest[H7064], so is a man[H376] that wandereth[H5074] from his place[H4725].
9Ointment[H8081] and perfume[H7004]rejoice[H8055] the heart[H3820]: so doth the sweetness[H4986] of a man's friend[H7453] by hearty[H5315]counsel[H6098].
10
Thine own friend[H7453], and thy father's friend[H7453], forsake[H5800] not; neither go[H935] into thy brother[H251]'s house[H1004] in the day[H3117] of thy calamity[H343]: for better[H2896] is a neighbour[H7934] that is near[H7138] than a brother[H251] far off[H7350].
11
My son[H1121], be wise[H2449], and make my heart[H3820]glad[H8055], that I may answer[H7725] him that reproacheth[H2778] me.
12
A prudent[H6175] man foreseeth[H7200] the evil[H7451], and hideth[H5641] himself; but the simple[H6612] pass on[H5674], and are punished[H6064].
13Take[H3947] his garment[H899] that is surety[H6148] for a stranger[H2114], and take[H3947] a pledge[H2254] of him for a strange woman[H5237].
14
He that blesseth[H1288] his friend[H7453] with a loud[H1419]voice[H6963], rising early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], it shall be counted[H2803] a curse[H7045] to him.
15
A continual[H2956]dropping[H1812] in a very rainy[H5464]day[H3117] and a contentious[H4079]woman[H802] are alike[H7737].
16
Whosoever hideth[H6845] her hideth[H6845] the wind[H7307], and the ointment[H8081] of his right hand[H3225], which bewrayeth[H7121] itself.
17Iron[H1270]sharpeneth[H2300]iron[H1270]; so a man[H376]sharpeneth[H2300] the countenance[H6440] of his friend[H7453].
18
Whoso keepeth[H5341] the fig tree[H8384] shall eat[H398] the fruit[H6529] thereof: so he that waiteth[H8104] on his master[H113] shall be honoured[H3513].
19
As in water[H4325]face[H6440] answereth to face[H6440], so the heart[H3820] of man[H120] to man[H120].
20Hell[H7585] and destruction[H11] are never[H3808]full[H7646]; so the eyes[H5869] of man[H120] are never[H3808]satisfied[H7646].
21
As the fining pot[H4715] for silver[H3701], and the furnace[H3564] for gold[H2091]; so is a man[H376]to[H6310] his praise[H4110].
22
Though thou shouldest bray[H3806] a fool[H191] in a mortar[H4388]among[H8432]wheat[H7383] with a pestle[H5940], yet will not his foolishness[H200]depart[H5493] from him.
23
Be thou diligent[H3045] to know[H3045] the state[H6440] of thy flocks[H6629], and look[H7896]well[H3820] to thy herds[H5739].
24
For riches[H2633] are not for ever[H5769]: and doth the crown[H5145] endure to every[H1755]generation?[H1755]
25
The hay[H2682]appeareth[H1540], and the tender grass[H1877]sheweth[H7200] itself, and herbs[H6212] of the mountains[H2022] are gathered[H622].
26
The lambs[H3532] are for thy clothing[H3830], and the goats[H6260] are the price[H4242] of the field[H7704].
27
And thou shalt have goats[H5795]' milk[H2461]enough[H1767] for thy food[H3899], for the food[H3899] of thy household[H1004], and for the maintenance[H2416] for thy maidens[H5291].