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 bringeth forth.

2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

5Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

6Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

7A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.

8As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.

10Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

14Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

16Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

17Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

18The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

19As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.

20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

21A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

24For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

25Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

26Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,

27And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!