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My Son, Be Wise
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 may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.
Is a man who wanders from his place.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him who reproaches me.
That I may answer him who reproaches me.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are punished.
The simple pass on and are punished.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.
It will be counted a curse to him.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
And a contentious woman are alike;
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face reflects face,
So a man’s heart reveals the man.
So a man’s heart reveals the man.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.
And a man is valued by what others say of him.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Though you grind 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.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
And attend to your herds;
And attend to your herds;
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and 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 riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs will provide your clothing,
And the goats the price of a field;
And the goats the price of a field;
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.