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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
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A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
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Wrath is cruel, and anger is overflowing, but who can stand before jealousy?
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Better is open correction than hidden love.
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Faithful are the wounds of one who loves, but abundant are the kisses of one who hates.
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A satisfied being tramples honeycomb, but to a hungry being every bitter thing is sweet.
8
Like a bird wandering from its nest is an ish wandering from his place.
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Oil and incense make the heart rejoice, and the sweetness of one’s companion comes from counsel of the being.
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Do not forsake your companion or the companion of your father, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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Become wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice, that I may return an answer to the one who reproaches me.
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The prudent sees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
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Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger, and hold him as pledge for a foreign ishah.
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The one who blesses his companion with a loud voice early in the morning— it shall be counted as a curse to him.
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A continual dripping in a day of heavy rain and a contentious ishah are alike.
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The one who restrains her restrains wind, and his right hand grasps oil.
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Iron sharpens iron, and an ish sharpens the face of his companion.
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The one who guards a fig tree shall eat its fruit, and the one who guards his master shall be honored.
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As waters reflect face to face, so the heart of Adam reflects Adam.
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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of Adam are never satisfied.
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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and an ish is tested by the praise he receives.
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Even if you crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, his foolishness shall not depart from him.
23
Knowing, you shall surely know the condition of your flock. Set your heart upon the herds.
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For wealth is not forever, nor does a crown endure from generation to generation.
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When the grass disappears and new growth appears, and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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the lambs shall be for your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
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And there shall be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your house, and provision for your maidservants.