Do not boast about tomorrow, for 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 sand is weighty, but a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished.
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.