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| 1 | Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. | H · G · S thou knowest not |
| 2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. | H · G · S Let another man praise thee |
| 3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. | H · G · S |
| 4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? | H · G · S |
| 5 | Open rebuke is better than secret love. | H · G · S |
| 6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. | H · G · S wounds of a friend |
| 7 | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | H · G · S |
| 8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. | H · G · S |
| 9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. | H · G · S |
| 10 | 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. | H · G · S |
| 11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. | H · G · S |
| 12 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. | H · G · S foreseeth the evil |
| 13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. | H · G · S |
| 14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. | H · G · S |
| 15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. | H · G · S |
| 16 | Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. | H · G · S |
| 17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | H · G · S |
| 18 | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. | H · G · S |
| 19 | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. | H · G · S |
| 20 | Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. | H · G · S Hell and destruction |
| 21 | As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. | H · G · S fining |
| 22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. | H · G · S |
| 23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. | H · G · S |
| 24 | For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? | H · G · S |
| 25 | The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. | H · G · S |
| 26 | The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. | H · G · S |
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And thou shalt have
goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and
for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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