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1Boast not thyself of to morrow; 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 outrageous;
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 loatheth an honeycomb; but to
the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is
a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice
the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty
counsel.
10Thine 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 son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth 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 take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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 a very rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and
the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth
the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the
fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to
face, so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so
the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21As the fining pot for silver, and
the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a
mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness
depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy
flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever: and
doth the crown endure to every generation?
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass
showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing,
and the goats are 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 for thy maidens.
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