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1 | Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a
day may bring forth. |
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2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is
heavier than them both. |
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4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to
stand before envy? |
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5 | Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
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6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an
enemy are deceitful. |
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7 | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul
every bitter thing is sweet. |
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8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that
wandereth from his place. |
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9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness
of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
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10 | Thine 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 neighbour that is near than a
brother far off. |
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11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me. |
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12 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the
simple pass on, and are punished. |
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13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a
pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in
the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
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15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious
woman are alike. |
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16 | Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his
right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
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17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of
his friend. |
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18 | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he
that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
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19 | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to
man. |
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20 | Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are
never satisfied. |
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21 | As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is
a man to his praise. |
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22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with
a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
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23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look
well to thy herds. |
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24 | For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to
every generation? |
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25 | The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and
herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
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26 | The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of
the field. |
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27 | And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the
food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy
maidens. |
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