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Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Don’t brag about tomorrow,
since you don’t know what the day will bring.
since you don’t know what the day will bring.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth —
a stranger, not your own lips.
a stranger, not your own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Wounds from a sincere friend
are better than many kisses from an enemy.
are better than many kisses from an enemy.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
A person who is full refuses honey,
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
A person who strays from home
is like a bird that strays from its nest.
is like a bird that strays from its nest.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
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.
Never abandon a friend —
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!
will be taken as a curse!
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
or trying to hold something with greased hands.
or trying to hold something with greased hands.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.
so a friend sharpens a friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.
so the heart reflects the real person.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
for riches don’t last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
and your goats will provide the price of a field.
and your goats will provide the price of a field.