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

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

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

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

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

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

A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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

Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

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

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.

The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;

and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.