Proverbs

1不要为明日自夸， 因为一日要生何事，你尚且不能知道。

2要别人夸奖你，不可用口自夸； 等外人称赞你，不可用嘴自称。

3石头重，沙土沉， 愚妄人的恼怒比这两样更重。

4忿怒为残忍，怒气为狂澜， 惟有嫉妒，谁能敌得住呢？

5当面的责备强如背地的爱情。

6朋友加的伤痕出于忠诚； 仇敌连连亲嘴却是多余。

7人吃饱了，厌恶蜂房的蜜； 人饥饿了，一切苦物都觉甘甜。

8人离本处飘流， 好像雀鸟离窝游飞。

9膏油与香料使人心喜悦； 朋友诚实的劝教也是如此甘美。

10你的朋友和父亲的朋友， 你都不可离弃。 你遭难的日子，不要上弟兄的家去； 相近的邻舍强如远方的弟兄。

11我儿，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心欢喜， 使我可以回答那讥诮我的人。

12通达人见祸藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。

13谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服； 谁为外女作保，谁就承当。

14清晨起来，大声给朋友祝福的， 就算是咒诅他。

15大雨之日连连滴漏， 和争吵的妇人一样；

16想拦阻她的，便是拦阻风， 也是右手抓油。

17铁磨铁，磨出刃来； 朋友相感也是如此。

18看守无花果树的，必吃树上的果子； 敬奉主人的，必得尊荣。

19水中照脸，彼此相符； 人与人，心也相对。

20阴间和灭亡永不满足； 人的眼目也是如此。

21鼎为炼银，炉为炼金， 人的称赞也试炼人。

22你虽用杵将愚妄人与打碎的麦子一同捣在臼中， 他的愚妄还是离不了他。

23你要详细知道你羊群的景况， 留心料理你的牛群；

24因为资财不能永有， 冠冕岂能存到万代？

25干草割去，嫩草发现， 山上的菜蔬也被收敛。

26羊羔之毛是为你作衣服； 山羊是为作田地的价值，

27并有母山羊奶够你吃， 也够你的家眷吃， 且够养你的婢女。

1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

5Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.