[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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