Warnings and Instructions
aDo not boast about tomorrow,For you bdo not know what a day may bring forth.James 4:13-16Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:142 Let aanother praise you, and not your own mouth;A stranger, and not your own lips.Prov 25:27; 2 Cor 10:12, 18; 12:113 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,But awho can stand before jealousy?Prov 6:34; 1 John 3:125 Better is aopen rebukeThan love that is concealed.Prov 28:23; Gal 2:146 Faithful are the awounds of a friend,But 1deceitful are the bkisses of an enemy.Or excessivePs 141:5; Prov 20:30Matt 26:497 A sated 1man 2loathes honey,But to a famished 3man any bitter thing is sweet.Lit soulLit tramples on8 Like a abird that wanders from her nest,So is a man who bwanders from his 1home.Lit placeProv 26:2; Is 16:2Gen 21:149 aOil and perfume make the heart glad,So a 1man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.Lit soul’sPs 23:5; 141:510 Do not forsake your own afriend or byour father’s friend,And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.Prov 18:241 Kin 12:6-8; 2 Chr 10:6-811 aBe wise, my son, and make my heart glad,That I may breply to him who reproaches me.Prov 10:1; 23:15; 29:3Ps 119:4212 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,The 1naive proceed and pay the penalty.Lit simple13 aTake his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;And for an 1adulterous woman hold him in pledge.Lit strangeProv 20:1614 aHe who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,It will be reckoned a curse to him.Ps 12:215 A aconstant dripping on a day of steady rainAnd a contentious woman are alike;Prov 19:1316 He who would 1restrain her 2restrains the wind,And 3grasps oil with his right hand.Lit hide(s)Lit encounters17 Iron sharpens iron,So one man sharpens another.18 He who tends the afig tree will eat its fruit,And he who bcares for his master will be honored.2 Kin 18:31; Song 8:12; Is 36:16; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:7; 2 Tim 2:6Luke 12:42-44; 19:1719 As in water face reflects face,So the heart of man reflects man.20 1aSheol and 2Abaddon are bnever satisfied,Nor are the ceyes of man ever satisfied.I.e. The nether worldI.e. the place of destructionJob 26:6; Prov 15:11Prov 30:15, 16; Hab 2:5Eccl 1:8; 4:821 The acrucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,And each bis tested by the praise accorded him.Prov 17:3Luke 6:2622 Though you apound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.Prov 23:35; 26:11; Jer 5:3
23 aKnow well the 1condition of your flocks,And pay attention to your herds;Lit faceJer 31:10; Ezek 34:12; John 10:324 For riches are not forever,Nor does a acrown endure to all generations.Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18; Lam 5:16; Ezek 21:2625 When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,And the herbs of the mountains are agathered in,Is 17:5; Jer 40:10, 1226 The lambs will be for your clothing,And the goats will bring the price of a field,27 And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,For the food of your household,And sustenance for your maidens.