Do not boast about tomorrow, since you do not know what a day may bring. Faithful are the wounds of a friend. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Know the condition of your flocks.
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth .
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger , and not thine own lips .
3 A stone is heavy , and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both .
4 Wrath is cruel , and anger is outrageous ; but who is able to stand before envy ?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love .
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful .
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb ; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet .
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest , so is a man that wandereth from his place .
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart : so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel .
10 Thine 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 .
11 My son , be wise , and make my heart glad , that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil , and hideth himself; but the simple pass on , and are punished .
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger , and take a pledge of him for a strange woman .
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice , rising early in the morning , it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike .
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind , and the ointment of his right hand , which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend .
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured .
19 As in water face answereth to face , so the heart of man to man .
20 Hell and destruction are never full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied .
21 As the fining pot for silver , and the furnace for gold ; so is a man to his praise .
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle , yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks , and look well to thy herds .
24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ?
25 The hay appeareth , and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered .
26 The lambs are for thy clothing , and the goats are the price of the field .
27 And thou shalt have goats ' milk enough for thy food , for the food of thy household , and for the maintenance for thy maidens .