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Warnings and Instructions
Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
But who can stand before jealousy?
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
A sated man loathes honey,
But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.
So is a man who wanders from his home.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
That I may reply to him who reproaches me.
That I may reply to him who reproaches me.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
And a contentious woman are alike;
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.
And grasps oil with his right hand.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
So one man sharpens another.
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored.
And he who cares for his master will be honored.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.
So the heart of man reflects man.
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
And pay attention to your herds;
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;