| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Berean Study Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy? |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike— |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants. |
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