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(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