Boast not thyself of to-morrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is {Hebrew: a flood.}overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
The full soul {Hebrew: trampleth upon.}loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
He that would {Hebrew: hide.}restrain her {Hebrw: hideth.}restraineth the wind;
And {Or, the oil of his right hand betrayeth itself}his right hand encountereth oil.
Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
{Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth man to man}As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by {Or, that which he praiseth Or, that whereof he boasteth}his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
For riches are not for ever:
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
The {Hebrew: grass.}hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field;
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And maintenance for thy maidens.
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And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things.
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
And Nathan departed unto his house.And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
He that hideth hatred is of lying lips;And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
Behold, happy is the man whom God {Or, reproveth}correcteth:Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Fervent lips and a wicked heartAre like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;But he layeth up deceit within him:
When he speaketh fair, believe him not;For there are seven abominations in his heart:
Though his hatred cover itself with guile,His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness;And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head;Let not my head refuse it:For {Or, still is my prayer against their wickedness}even in their {Or, calamities}wickedness shall my prayer continue.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
Now he that {See marginal note on chapter 10:4.}betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him.
And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and {Greek: kissed him much.}kissed him.
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.