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1Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;[#2 Cor. 10:12, 18; 25:27; 2 Cor. 12:11]
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke[#28:23]
than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;[#Ps. 141:5]
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7One who is full loathes honey,[#25:16]
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest[#26:2]
is a man who strays from his home.
9Oil and perfume make the heart glad,[#Ps. 23:5]
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,[#1 Kgs. 12:6-8; 2 Chr. 10:6-8]
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,[#6:6; #10:1; 23:15, 24; #29:3]
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12The prudent sees danger and hides himself,[#22:3]
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
13Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,[#20:16]
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
15A continual dripping on a rainy day[#19:13]
and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,[#Song 8:12; 1 Cor. 3:8; 9:7; 2 Tim. 2:6]
and he who guards his master will be honored.
19As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,[#15:11; Job 26:6; #30:15, 16; Hab. 2:5; 1:12]
and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,[#17:3]
and a man is tested by his praise.
22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle[#23:35; Isa. 1:5; Jer. 5:3]
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
23Know well the condition of your flocks,[#John 10:3, 14; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2, 4]
and give attention to your herds,
24for riches do not last forever;[#23:5]
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25When the grass is gone and the new growth appears[#Ps. 37:2; 90:5, 6]
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
26the lambs will provide your clothing,[#1 Tim. 6:8]
and the goats the price of a field.
27There will be enough goats’ milk for your food,[#26]
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.