11. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12. The prudent sees danger and hides himself,but the simple go on and suffer for it.
13. Take 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.
14. Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,rising early in the morning,will be counted as cursing.
15. A continual dripping on a rainy dayand a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16. to restrain her is to restrain the windor to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
17. Iron sharpens iron,and one man sharpens another.
18. Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,and he who guards his master will be honored.
19. As in water face reflects face,so the heart of man reflects the man.
20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
21. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,and a man is tested by his praise.
22. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestlealong with crushed grain,yet his folly will not depart from him.
23. Know well the condition of your flocks,and give attention to your herds,
24. for riches do not last forever;and does a crown endure to all generations?
25. When the grass is gone and the new growth appearsand the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,