1 Boast not thyself H408 H1984 of tomorrow H3117 H4279 ; for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 what H4100 a day H3117 may bring forth. H3205
2 Let another man H2114 praise H1984 thee , and not H3808 thine own mouth; H6310 a stranger, H5237 and not H408 thine own lips. H8193
3 A stone H68 is heavy, H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty; H5192 but a fool's H191 wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both H4480 H8147 .
4 Wrath H2534 is cruel, H395 and anger H639 is outrageous; H7858 but who H4310 is able to stand H5975 before H6440 envy H7068 ?
5 Open H1540 rebuke H8433 is better H2896 than secret H5641 love H4480 H160 .
6 Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157 but the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 are deceitful. H6280
7 The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947 a honeycomb; H5317 but to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every H3605 bitter thing H4751 is sweet. H4966
8 As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 from H4480 her nest, H7064 so H3651 is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 from his place H4480 H4725 .
9 Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 the heart: H3820 so doth the sweetness H4986 of a man's friend H7453 by hearty counsel H4480 H6098. H5315
10 Thine own friend, H7453 and thy father's H1 friend, H7453 forsake H5800 not; H408 neither H408 go H935 into thy brother's H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343 for better H2896 is a neighbor H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H4480 H251 far off. H7350
11 My son, H1121 be wise, H2449 and make my heart H3820 glad, H8055 that I may answer H7725 H1697 him that reproacheth H2778 me.
12 A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 the evil, H7451 and hideth himself; H5641 but the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 and are punished. H6064
13 Take H3947 his garment H899 that H3588 is surety H6148 for a stranger, H2114 and take a pledge H2254 of him for H1157 a strange woman. H5237
14 He that blesseth H1288 his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 rising early H7925 in the morning, H1242 it shall be counted H2803 a curse H7045 to him.
15 A continual H2956 dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117 and a contentious H4079 woman H802 are alike. H7737
16 Whosoever hideth H6845 her hideth H6845 the wind, H7307 and the ointment H8081 of his right hand, H3225 which betrayeth H7121 itself .
17 Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 iron; H1270 so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453
18 Whoso keepeth H5341 the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 thereof : so he that waiteth H8104 on his master H113 shall be honored. H3513
19 As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face, H6440 so H3651 the heart H3820 of man H120 to man. H120
20 Hell H7585 and destruction H10 are never H3808 full; H7646 so the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never H3808 satisfied. H7646
21 As the refining pot H4715 for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold; H2091 so is a man H376 to H6310 to his praise. H4110
22 Though H518 thou shouldest bray H3806 H853 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940 yet will not H3808 his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from H4480 H5921 him.
23 Be thou diligent to know H3045 H3045 the state H6440 of thy flocks, H6629 and look H7896 H3820 well to thy herds. H5739
24 For H3588 riches H2633 are not H3808 forever: H5769 and doth H518 the crown H5145 endure to every generation H1755 H1755 ?
25 The hay H2682 appeareth, H1540 and the tender grass H1877 showeth itself, H7200 and herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered. H622
26 The lambs H3532 are for thy clothing, H3830 and the goats H6260 are the price H4242 of the field. H7704
27 And thou shalt have goats' H5795 milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food, H3899 for the food H3899 of thy household, H1004 and for the maintenance H2416 for thy maidens. H5291