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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 thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
 
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
 
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
 
5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
 
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.
 
7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; 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 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; {N}
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 taunteth me.
 
12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.
 
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien 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 He that would hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth 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; and 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 The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.
 
21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
 
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, {N}
yet will not his foolishness depart from him. {P}
 
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 unto all generations?
 
25 When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;
 
26 The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.
 
27 And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
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