KJV ¹ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

VULC ¹ [Ne glorieris in crastinum,
ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.

KJV ² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

VULC ² Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum ;
extraneus, et non labia tua.

KJV ³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

VULC ³ Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena,
sed ira stulti utroque gravior.

KJV ⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

VULC ⁴ Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor,
et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit ?

KJV ⁵ Open rebuke is better than secret love.

VULC ⁵ Melior est manifesta correptio
quam amor absconditus.

KJV ⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

VULC ⁶ Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis
quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.

KJV ⁷ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

VULC ⁷ Anima saturata calcabit favum,
et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.

KJV ⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

VULC ⁸ Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo,
sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.

KJV ⁹ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

VULC ⁹ Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor,
et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.]

KJV ¹⁰ Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

VULC ¹⁰ [Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris,
et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ.
Melior est vicinus juxta
quam frater procul.

KJV ¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

VULC ¹¹ Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum,
ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.

KJV ¹² A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

VULC ¹² Astutus videns malum, absconditus est :
parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.

KJV ¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

VULC ¹³ Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo,
et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.

KJV ¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

VULC ¹⁴ Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi,
de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.

KJV ¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

VULC ¹⁵ Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris
et litigiosa mulier comparantur.

KJV ¹⁶ Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

VULC ¹⁶ Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat,
et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.

KJV ¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

VULC ¹⁷ Ferrum ferro exacuitur,
et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.

KJV ¹⁸ Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

VULC ¹⁸ Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus,
et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.

KJV ¹⁹ As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

VULC ¹⁹ Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium,
sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.

KJV ²⁰ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

VULC ²⁰ Infernus et perditio numquam implentur :
similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.

KJV ²¹ As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

VULC ²¹ Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum,
sic probatur homo ore laudantis.
Cor iniqui inquirit mala,
cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.

KJV ²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

VULC ²² Si contuderis stultum in pila
quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo,
non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.]

KJV ²³ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

VULC ²³ [Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui,
tuosque greges considera :

KJV ²⁴ For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

VULC ²⁴ non enim habebis jugiter potestatem,
sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.

KJV ²⁵ The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

VULC ²⁵ Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes,
et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.

KJV ²⁶ The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

VULC ²⁶ Agni ad vestimentum tuum,
et hædi ad agri pretium.

KJV ²⁷ And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

VULC ²⁷ Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos,
et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.]