271Don’t boast about tomorrow;for you don’t know what a day may bring.+2Let another man praise you,and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.+3A stone is heavy,and sand is a burden;but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.+4Wrath is cruel,and anger is overwhelming;but who is able to stand before jealousy?+5Better is open rebukethan hidden love.+6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.+7A full soul loathes a honeycomb;but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.+8As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his home.+9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.+10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster:better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.+11Be wise, my son,and bring joy to my heart,then I can answer my tormentor.+12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.+13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.Hold it for a wayward woman!+14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,it will be taken as a curse by him.+15A continual dropping on a rainy dayand a contentious wife are alike:+16restraining her is like restraining the wind,or like grasping oil in his right hand.+17Iron sharpens iron;so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.+18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.He who looks after his master shall be honored.+19Like water reflects a face,so a man’s heart reflects the man.+20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.+21The crucible is for silver,and the furnace for gold;but man is refined by his praise.+22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.+23Know well the state of your flocks,and pay attention to your herds:+24for riches are not forever,nor does the crown endure to all generations.+25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,the grasses of the hills are gathered in.+26The lambs are for your clothing,and the goats are the price of a field.+27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,for your family’s food,and for the nourishment of your servant girls.+Footnotes (1)
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