1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips. 3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both. 4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy? 5Open rebuke is better then secret loue. 6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. 7The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete. 8As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place. 9As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell. 10Thy 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 sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth 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 a pledge of him for the stranger. 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 the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike. 16He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe. 17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour. 19As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man. 20The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. 21[As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise. 22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him. 23Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes. 24For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation. 25The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered. 26The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. 27And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.