1<\/sup>Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>An open rebuke is better than hidden love.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.<\/span> <\/p>\n