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[1]Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
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[2]Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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[3]A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. |
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[4]Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? |
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[5]Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. |
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[6]Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate. |
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[7]The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
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[8]As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
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[9]Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
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[10]Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. |
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[11]My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that taunteth me. |
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[12]A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the thoughtless pass on, and are punished. |
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[13]Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman. |
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[14]He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in t morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
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[15]A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; |
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[16]He that would hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself. |
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[17]Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
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[18]Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
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[19]As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
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[20]The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated. |
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[21]The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise. |
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[22]Though tho shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
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[23]Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; |
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[24]For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations? |
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[25]When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in; |
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[26]The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field. |
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[27]And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens. |