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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.