MLV(i)
1 Do not boast in yourself of tomorrow, because you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are abundant.
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so too the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend and your father's friend. And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, that I may answer he who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself. The simple pass on and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment that it is a surety for a stranger and hold him in pledge who is a surety for a strange woman.
14 He who graces his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be considered a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind and his right hand encounters oil.
17 Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 He who keeps the fig tree will eat the fruit of it and he who regards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face is to face, so the heart of a man is to a man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold and a man is tried by his praise.
22 Though you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to your herds. 24 Because riches are not everlasting. And does the crown endure to all generations?
25 The hay is carried and the tender grass shows itself and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing and the goats are the cost of the field. 27 And then will be goats' milk enough for your food; for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
2 Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are abundant.
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so too the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend and your father's friend. And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, that I may answer he who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself. The simple pass on and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment that it is a surety for a stranger and hold him in pledge who is a surety for a strange woman.
14 He who graces his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be considered a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind and his right hand encounters oil.
17 Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 He who keeps the fig tree will eat the fruit of it and he who regards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face is to face, so the heart of a man is to a man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold and a man is tried by his praise.
22 Though you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to your herds. 24 Because riches are not everlasting. And does the crown endure to all generations?
25 The hay is carried and the tender grass shows itself and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing and the goats are the cost of the field. 27 And then will be goats' milk enough for your food; for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.