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¹ Do not boast about tomorrow,
    ^(a)for you do not know what a day may bring.
² Let ^(b)another praise you, and not your own mouth;
    a stranger, and not your own lips.
³ A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
    but ^(c)a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
⁴ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before ^(d)jealousy?
^5 (e)Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶ Faithful are ^(f)the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷ One who is full loathes ^(g)honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
⁸ Like ^(h)a bird that strays from its nest
    is a man who strays from his home.
^9 (i)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.^[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend and ^(j)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
^(k)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.
^11 (l)Be wise, ^(m)my son, and ⁽ⁿ⁾make my heart glad,
    that I may ^(o)answer him who reproaches me.
^12 (p)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but ^(q)the simple go on and suffer for it.
^13 (r)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.^[b]
14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.
^15 (s)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp^[c] oil in one's right hand.
¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.^[d]
18 (t)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who ^(u)guards his master will be honored.
¹⁹ As in water face reflects face,
    so the heart of man reflects the man.
^20 (v)Sheol and Abaddon are ^(w)never satisfied,
    and ^(x)never satisfied are the eyes of man.
^21 (y)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    and a man is tested by his praise.
^22 (z)Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
    along with crushed grain,
    yet his folly will not depart from him.

^23 (aa)Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and ^(ab)give attention to your herds,
²⁴ for ^(ac)riches do not last forever;
    and does a crown endure to all generations?
^25 (ad)When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
    and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
^26 (ae)the lambs will provide your clothing,
    and the goats the price of a field.
^27 (af)There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
    for the food of your household
    and maintenance for your girls.