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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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2.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
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3.
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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8.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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9.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
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10.
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you--better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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11.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
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12.
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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13.
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
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If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
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A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
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19.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
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20.
Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
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21.
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
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22.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
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23.
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
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for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
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25.
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
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the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
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27.
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.
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