Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
4Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
5Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
6Faithful {are} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy {are} deceitful. {deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent}
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. {loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so {is} a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face {answereth} to face, so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. {never: Heb. not}
21{As} the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so {is} a man to his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}
24For riches {are} not for ever: and doth the crown {endure} to every generation? {riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs {are} for thy clothing, and the goats {are} the price of the field.
27And {thou shalt have} goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and {for} the maintenance for thy maidens. {maintenance: Heb. life}