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¹ Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

² Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

³ Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.⁴ The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?

⁵ Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.

⁷ The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.

⁸ As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.

⁹ Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one's friend, more than fragrant wood.¹⁰ Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.

¹² A prudent man, seeth calamity - he hideth himself, the simple, pass on - they suffer.

¹³ Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.

¹⁵ A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:¹⁶ He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and, perfume, his right hand may proclaim.

¹⁷ Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

¹⁸ He that guardeth the fig-tree, shall eat the fruit thereof, and, he that watcheth over his master, shall he honoured.

¹⁹ As in water, face answereth to face, so, the heart of man to man.

²⁰ Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied.

²¹ Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, is to be tried by what he praiseth.

²² Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.

²³ Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;²⁴ For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: - ²⁵ The grass, is taken away, and the young shoot, showeth itself, and the herbage of the mountains, is gathered;²⁶ There are, lambs, for thy clothing, and, for the price of thy field, there are he-goats;²⁷ With, enough goats-milk, for thy food - for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.