Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

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

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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

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

A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Oil and perfume bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from heartfelt counsel.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Thine 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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of their master will be honored.

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

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

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

When the hay is removed, and new growth appears, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered,

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your servant girls.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.