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 wrath |is| heavier than them both. 4 Wrath |is| cruel, and anger |is| outrageous; but who |is| able to stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke |is| better than secret love. 6 Faithful |are| the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy |are| deceitful. 7 The full soul loatheth an 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: |for| 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 reproacheth me. 12 A prudent |man| foreseeth the evil, |and| hideth himself; |but| the simple pass on, |and| are punished. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange 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 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, |which| bewrayeth |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: so 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 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 |As| the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so |is| a man to his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, |yet| will not his foolishness depart from him. 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| to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs |are| for thy clothing, and the goats |are| the price of the field. 27 And |thou shalt have| goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and |for| the maintenance for thy maidens.