1 - Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 - Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
3 - Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 - Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 - Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 - Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
7 - One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8 - Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
9 - Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
10 - Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you - better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11 - Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 - The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 - Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 - If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 - A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 - restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 - The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 - As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart.
20 - Death and Destruction
21 - The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 - Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
23 - Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 - for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 - When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26 - the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27 - You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.