1Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.⇆ compare2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.⇆ compare3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.⇆ compare4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?⇆ compare5Open rebuke is better than secret love.⇆ compare6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.⇆ compare7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.⇆ compare8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.⇆ compare9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.⇆ compare10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.⇆ compare11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.⇆ compare12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.⇆ compare13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.⇆ compare14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.⇆ compare15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.⇆ compare16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayeth itself.⇆ compare17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.⇆ compare18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.⇆ compare19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.⇆ compare20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.⇆ compare21As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.⇆ compare22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.⇆ compare23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.⇆ compare24For riches are not forever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?⇆ compare25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.⇆ compare26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.⇆ compare27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.⇆ compare