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¹ BOAST not for tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

² Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; another, and not your own lips.

³ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; but a fools wrath is heavier than both.⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous; but who can stand before envy?

⁵ Open rebuke is better than deceitful friendship.⁶ Better are the wounds of a friend than the kisses of an enemy.

⁷ A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry person even a bitter thing is sweet.

⁸ Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.

⁹ As oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a mans friend by hearty counsel.¹⁰ Your own friend and your fathers friend forsake not; neither go into your brothers house in the day of your calamity; for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me.

¹² A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself; but the fools pass on and suffer loss.

¹³ He who is surety for a stranger, his cloak will be taken away from him and held in pledge for the stranger.

¹⁴ He who blesses his friend with a flattering loud voice is not different from him who curses.

¹⁵ Like a continual dripping on a rainy day, so is a quarrelsome woman.¹⁶ The north wind is severe, but it is called the right wind.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man enlightens the face of his friend.

¹⁸ He who guards his fig tree shall eat its fruit; and he who is careful of his master shall be honored.

¹⁹ As faces do not resemble faces, so hearts do not resemble hearts.

²⁰ Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹ As the refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the mouth of those who praise him. The heart of the wicked desires evil, and the heart of the pious desires knowledge.

²² Though you should beat a fool in the midst of an assembly, you will not do him any good, nor will you cause his foolishness to depart from him.

²³ When you are feeding the sheep, know their faces and set your mind on the flock.²⁴ Possessions are not for ever; nor can riches be handed down from one generation to another.²⁵ The grass springs up, the tender growth shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.²⁶ The lambs are for your clothing and the kids are for your sustenance;²⁷ And the goats milk is for your food and for the food of your household.