Warnings and Instructions
aDo not boast about tomorrow,For you bdo not know what a day may bring.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 satisfied 1person 2despises honey,But to a hungry 3person any bitter thing is sweet.Lit soulLit tramples on8 Like a abird that wanders from its nest,So is a person who bwanders from his 1home.Lit placeProv 26:2; Is 16:2Gen 21:149 aOil and perfume make the heart glad,And a 1person’s advice is sweet to his friend.Lit soul’sPs 23:5; 141:510 Do not abandon your afriend or byour father’s friend,And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;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,So that I may breply to one who taunts me.Prov 10:1; 23:15; 29:3Ps 119:4212 A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.13 aTake his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.Prov 20:1614 aOne who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,It will be considered 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 As iron sharpens iron,So one person sharpens another.18 One who tends the afig tree will eat its fruit,And one 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 a face reflects the face,So the heart of a person reflects the person.20 1aSheol and 2Abaddon are bnever satisfied,Nor are the ceyes of a person ever satisfied.I.e., The netherworldI.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 the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,His foolishness still will not leave 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 enough goats’ milk for your food,For the food of your household,And sustenance for your attendants.