Proverbs

Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

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

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

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] overwhelming; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.

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

The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so [is] a man who wanders from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; better [is] a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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

A sensible one foresees the evil [and] hides himself, but the simple pass on [and] are punished.

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

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

A never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.

Whoever hides her hides the wind, and his right [hand] encounters [slippery] oil.

Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.