VIN(i)
1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.
4 Fury is cruel, and anger overwhelming, Yet who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.
7 One who is full tramples a honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend is ⌊personal advice⌋.
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 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.
14 A friend's loud blessing early in the morning will be thought of as a curse.
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is tested by his praise.
22 Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.
23 Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds,
24 Riches are not forever: and a crown does not endure for every generation.
25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.
27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.