[1] Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
[11] Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
[17] Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
[23] Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
[24] for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.