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1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
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4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
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5 Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
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6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Soul – Being, person. R205:2
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8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
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9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of the counsel of the soul.
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10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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Foreseeth the evil – The energy of politicians and financiers advocating world trade markets is begotten of this wisdom. R2867:5,3
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13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
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14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
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15 A continual dripping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
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16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
And his right hand encountereth oil.
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17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
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19 As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Hell – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E368; R2599:5
Are never full – Cannot be overcrowded, no limit to its capacity. E368
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21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by his praise.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
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24 For riches are not for ever;
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
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25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
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26 The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field;
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27 And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And maintenance for thy maidens. |
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