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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The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son maketh a glad father;But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;For I trust in thy word.
A wise son maketh a glad father;But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,So are the children of youth.
My son, if thy heart be wise,My heart will be glad, even mine:
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:They shall not be put to shame,When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Yea, my {Hebrew: reins.}heart will rejoice,When thy lips speak right things.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
Let thy father and thy mother be glad,And let her that bare thee rejoice.
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with {Or, success}skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he {Hebrew: give.}leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
Yea, brother, let me have {Or, help Compare verse 10 margin.}joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.