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