27aDo not boast about tomorrow,For you bdo not knowwhat a day may bringforth.2Let a astrangerpraise you, and not your own mouth;A foreigner, and not your own lips.3A stone is heavy and the sandweighty,But the provocation of an ignorantfool is heavierthanboth of them.4Wrath is cruelty and anger is a flood,But awho can standbeforejealousy?5Better is reproof that is arevealedThanlove that is hidden.6Faithful are the awounds of a friend,But 1deceitful are the bkisses of an enemy.7A satisfiedsoultramples the honeycomb,But to a hungrysoulanybitterthing is sweet.8Like a abird that wanders from her nest,So is a man who bwanders from his place.9aOil and incensemake the heartglad,So counsel from the 1soul is sweet to his friend.10Do not forsake your afriend or byour father’sfriend,And do not come to your brother’shousein the day of your disaster;Better is one who dwellsnearthan a brotherfaraway.11aBewise, my son, and make my heartglad,That I may brespond with a word to him who reproaches me.12A prudentmanseesevilandhides,The simplepass on and are punished.13aTake his garmentwhen he becomesaguarantor for a stranger;And for 1a foreignwomanseize it asapledge.14aHe who blesses his friend with a loudvoiceearly in the morning,It will be counted as a curse to him.15A aconstantdripping on a day of steadyrainAnd a contentiouswomanarealike;16He who would 1restrain her 2restrains the wind,And 3graspsoil with his righthand.17Ironsharpensiron,So one mansharpens another.18He who guards the afigtree will eat its fruit,And he who bkeepswatch for his master will be honored.19As in waterfacereflectsface,So the heart of manreflectsman.20aSheol and Abaddon are bneversatisfied,So the ceyes of manare never satisfied.21The arefiningpot is for silver and the furnace for gold,And eachbis tested by the mouth that praises him.22Though you apound an ignorantfool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushedgrain,His 1folly will not turnaside from him.23aKnowwell the 1condition of your flocks,Andpayattention to your herds;24For wealth is not forever,Neither is a acrown from generationtogeneration.25When the grassdisappears and the vegetationappears,And the herbs of the mountains are agatheredin,26The lambswill be for your clothing,And the goatswill bring the price of a field,27And there will be enoughgoats’milk for your food,For the food of your household,And sustenance for your maidens.
