[As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.

Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.

The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

[When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.

Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.

As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man [is tested by] the mouth of him who praises him.

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.

If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.

Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.

For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.

Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.

When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.

[In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.

Lambs [will be] your clothing, and goats the price of the field.

And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.