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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.
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 you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
A stranger, and not your 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 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 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 a torrent,
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
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.
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.
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.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.
Is a man who wanders 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.
The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
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.
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 who reproaches me.
That I may answer him who reproaches 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 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 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.
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.
A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!
will be taken as a curse!
A continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
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.
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.
As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.
so a friend sharpens a friend.
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 reflects face,
So a man’s heart reveals the man.
So a man’s heart reveals the man.
As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.
so the heart reflects the real person.
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.
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.
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 diligent to know the state of your flocks,
And attend to your herds;
And attend to your 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 forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
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.
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,
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 will provide your clothing,
And the goats the price of a field;
And the goats the price of a 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.