1Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3A stone [is] heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both. 4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] impetuous, but who [is] able to stand before envy? 5Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. 6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. 7The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so [is] a man that wanders from his place. 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so [does] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 10Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, 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 son, be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproaches me. 12A prudent [man] foresees the evil [and] hides himself, [but] the simple pass on [and] are hurt by it. 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman. 14He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries [out]. 17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. 18Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured. 19As in water face [corresponds] to face, so the heart of man to man. 20Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him. 22Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him. 23Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, [and] put thy heart into thy herds. 24For riches [are] not for ever, and does the crown [endure] to every generation? 25The tender grass shows itself, and the hay appears, and the herbs of the mountains are reaped. 26The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] for the price of the field. 27And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance of thy maidens.: