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One who is full loathes 1honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
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Like 2a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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3Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
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Do not forsake your friend and 4your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. 5Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
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6Be wise, 7my son, and 8make my heart glad, that I may 9answer him who reproaches me.
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10The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but 11the simple go on and suffer for it.
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12Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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13A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
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to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
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14Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who 15guards his master will be honored.
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As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
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16Sheol and Abaddon are 17never satisfied, and 18never satisfied are the eyes of man.
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19The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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20Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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21Know well the condition of your flocks, and 22give attention to your herds,
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for 23riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
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24When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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25the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
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26There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.