Do not boast about tomorrow, because you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?

Better is an open rebuke than love that is hidden.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but a person who is hungry finds any bitter thing sweet.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his place.

Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend is better than one's own soul's counsel.

Do not abandon your friend and your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house on your day of trouble; a neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer him who taunts me.

The shrewd person sees trouble and hides himself; the naive pass on and are punished.

Take his garment when he has pledged for a stranger, and hold him responsible for a foreigner.

Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be counted as cursing him.

A dripping faucet on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike.

Whoever tries to restrain her is trying to restrain the wind, or to grasp oil in his right hand.

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another's face.

Whoever guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects his master will be honored.

As water reflects a face, so one person's heart reflects another.

Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, and a person's eyes are never satisfied.

The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, and a person is according to his praise.

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle while grinding grain, his foolishness will not depart from him.

Know well the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.

For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure for all generations.

When the grass is gone, the green grass appears, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are the price of a field.

And you will have enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the life of your young women.