| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Never brag about the day to come, because you don't know what it might bring. | 1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. |
| 2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips. | 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. |
| 3Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both. | 3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. |
| 4Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms but who can stand up to jealousy? | 4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? |
| 5An open rebuke is better than unspoken love. | 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. |
| 6Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes. | 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. |
| 7The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet. | 7One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. |
| 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home. | 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. |
| 9Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend's advice is sweet to the soul. | 9Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. |
| 10Never abandon your friend nor your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away. | 10Do not forsake your friend and your 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 who is far away. |
| 11Be wise, my son, and make me happy, so I can reply to anyone who insults me. | 11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. |
| 12Those who are prudent see danger and take refuge, but the naïve continue on and suffer the consequences. | 12The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. |
| 13Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman. | 13Take 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. |
| 14A friend's loud blessing early in the morning will be thought of as a curse. | 14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. |
| 15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. | 15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; |
| 16Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand. | 16to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand. |
| 17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens a friend's character. | 17Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. |
| 18Whoever nurtures the fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever obeys his master will be honored. | 18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. |
| 19Just as water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person. | 19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
| 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes. | 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. |
| 21As the crucible tests silver, and the furnace assays gold; so praise received tests a man. | 21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. |
| 22Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him. | 22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. |
| 23Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds, | 23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, |
| 24because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next. | 24for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? |
| 25When the grass disappears, and new growth appears, the mountain spices will be harvested, | 25When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, |
| 26the lambs will supply your clothing, and your goats the price of a field. | 26the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. |
| 27You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls. | 27There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. |
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