Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stoneisheavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrathisheavier than them both.
Wrathiscruel, and angerisoutrageous; but whoisable to stand before envy?
Open rebukeisbetter than secret love.
Faithfularethe wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemyaredeceitful.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, soisa man that wandereth from his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: sodoththe sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:forbetterisa neighbourthat isnear than a brother far off.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudentmanforeseeth the evil,andhideth himself;butthe simple pass on,andare punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,whichbewrayethitself.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water faceanswerethto face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Asthe fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; soisa man to his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,yetwill not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,andlook well to thy herds.
For richesarenot for ever: and doth the crownendureto every generation?
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambsarefor thy clothing, and the goatsarethe price of the field.
Andthou shalt havegoats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, andforthe maintenance for thy maidens.