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