1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2. Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3. A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than both.
4. Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy?
5. Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
6. Faithful {are} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy {are} deceitful.
7. The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to 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 place.
9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10. Thy 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 neighbor {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.
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. Whoever 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. He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
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 shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} his foolishness will not 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 plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth 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} maintenance for thy maidens.
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