¹Don’t brag about tomorrow,

for you don’t know what a day will bring.

²Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

³A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,

but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.

⁴Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood,

but who can withstand jealousy?

⁵A public correction is better than hidden love.

⁶Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend;

excessive are the kisses of an enemy.

⁷Someone who is full refuses honey,

but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

⁸Like a bird wandering from its nest,

so is one who wanders from home.

⁹Oil and incense make the heart glad,

and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.

¹⁰Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;

don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.

Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

¹¹Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,

so I can answer those who insult me.

¹²Prudent people see evil and hide;

the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

¹³Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;

take his pledge for a foreigner.

¹⁴Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning

will be viewed as a curse.

¹⁵The constant dripping on a rainy day

and a contentious woman are alike;

¹⁷As iron sharpens iron,

so one person sharpens a friend.

¹⁸Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and those who look after their master will be honored.

¹⁹As water reflects the face,

so the heart reflects one person to another.

²⁰The grave and the underworld are never satisfied;[#27.20 Heb Sheol; #27.20 Heb Abaddon]

and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

²¹A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold;

so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.

²²Even if you grind fools in a mortar,

even grinding them along with the grain,

their folly won’t be driven from them.

²³Know your flock well;

pay attention to your herds,

²⁵When the grass goes away, new growth appears,

and the plants of the hills are gathered,

²⁷There will be enough goat’s milk for your food,

for the food of your house,

and to nourish your young women.