1Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?

5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

10Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.

12A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

13Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.

14He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16Whosoever restrains her restrains the wind, or grasps oil with his right hand.

17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

18Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.

19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

20Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.

22Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

24For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

25The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.

27And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.