1<\/sup>Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Open rebuke is better than hidden love.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.<\/span> <\/p>\n