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1 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

2 - Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 - A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

4 - Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

5 - Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love.

6 - Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

7 - A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And <FI>to<Fi> a hungry soul every bitter thing <FI>is<Fi> sweet.

8 - As a bird wandering from her nest, So <FI>is<Fi> a man wandering from his place.

9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

10 - Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

11 - Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

12 - The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

13 - Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

14 - Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

15 - A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

16 - Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

17 - Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

18 - The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

19 - As <FI>in<Fi> water the face <FI>is<Fi> to face, So the heart of man to man.

20 - Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

21 - A refining pot <FI>is<Fi> for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

22 - If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things--with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

23 - Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

24 - For riches <FI>are<Fi> not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

25 - Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

26 - Lambs <FI>are<Fi> for thy clothing, And the price of the field <FI>are<Fi> he-goats,

27 - And a sufficiency of goats' milk <FI>is<Fi> for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!