27Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.H1984H4279H3045H3117H3205

2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.H2114H1984H6310H5237H8193

3Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.H68H3514H2344H5192H191H3708H3515H8147

4Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?H2534H395H639H7858H5975H6440H7068

5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.H1540H8433H2896H5641H160

6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.H539H6482H157H5390H8130H6280

7He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.H7649H5315H947H5317H7457H5315H4751H4966

8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.H6833H5074H7064H376H5074H4725

9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.H8081H7004H8055H3820H4986H7453H5315H6098

10Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you—better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.H7453H1H7453H5800H935H251H1004H3117H343H2896H7934H7138H251H7350

11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.H1121H2449H3820H8055H7725H1697H2778

12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.H6175H7200H7451H5641H6612H5674H6064

13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.H3947H899H6148H2114H2254H5237

14If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.H1288H7453H1419H6963H7925H1242H2803H7045

15A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;H2956H1812H5464H3117H4079H4066H802H7737

16restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.H6845H6845H7307H8081H3225H7121

17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.H1270H2300H1270H376H2300H6440H7453

18He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.H5341H8384H398H6529H8104H113H3513

19As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.H4325H6440H6440H3820H120H120

20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.H7585H11H10H3808H7646H5869H120H7646

21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.H4715H3701H3564H2091H376H6310H4110

22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.H3806H191H4388H8432H7383H5940H200H5493

23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;H3045H3045H6440H6629H7896H3820H5739

24for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.H2633H5769H5145H1755H1755

25When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,H2682H1540H1877H7200H6212H2022H622

26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.H3532H3830H6260H4242H7704

27You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.H5795H2461H1767H3899H3899H1004H2416H5291