Proverbs

¹ for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

² someone else, and not your own lips.

³ but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

⁴ but who can stand before jealousy?

⁵ than hidden love.

⁶ but an enemy multiplies kisses.

⁷ but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

⁸ is a man who strays from his home.

⁹ and the pleasantness of one’s friend springs from his earnest counsel.

¹⁰ and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

¹¹ then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

¹² but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

¹³ hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

¹⁴ it will be taken as a curse.

¹⁵ a constant dripping on a rainy day;

¹⁶ or grasping oil with the hand.

¹⁷ so one man sharpens another.

¹⁸ and he who looks after his master will be honored.

¹⁹ so a man’s heart reflects the man.

²⁰ and neither are the eyes of man.

²¹ but man is tested by the praise he receives.

²² grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

²³ give careful attention to your herds;

²⁴ and a crown is not secure for all generations.

²⁵ and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

²⁶ and the goats with the price of a field.

²⁷ to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.