1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
5 Better is open rebuke
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
12 A prudent man seeth the evil,
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day
16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
19 As in water face
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
24 For riches are not for ever;
25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
26 The lambs are for thy clothing,
27 And