Boast not
thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a
day may bring forth.
02 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
03 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a
fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
04 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but
who is able to stand before envy?
05 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
06 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
07 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to
the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
08 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is
a man that wandereth from his place.
09 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 not; neither go into thy brother's house
in the day of thy calamity: for better is a
neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that
I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself; but the simple pass on, and are
punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a
stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange
woman.
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14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning, it shall be counted
a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth
itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit
thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall
be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the
heart of man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the
eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace
for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar
among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his
foolishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy
flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the
crown endure to every generation?
25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass
sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are
gathered.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats
are the price of the field.
27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy
food, for the food of thy household, and for the
maintenance for thy maidens.
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