| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. | 1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. |
| 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. | 2Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips. |
| 3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. | 3Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. |
| 4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? | 4Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? |
| 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. | 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. |
| 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. | 6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. |
| 7One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. | 7One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. |
| 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. | 8Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home. |
| 9Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. | 9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. |
| 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. | 10Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. |
| 11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. | 11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. |
| 12The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. | 12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. |
| 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. | 13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider. |
| 14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. | 14If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. |
| 15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; | 15A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; |
| 16to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand. | 16restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand. |
| 17Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. | 17As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. |
| 18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. | 18The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored. |
| 19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. | 19As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart. |
| 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. | 20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. |
| 21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. | 21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise. |
| 22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. | 22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them. |
| 23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, | 23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; |
| 24for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? | 24for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. |
| 25When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, | 25When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in, |
| 26the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. | 26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. |
| 27There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. | 27You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants. |
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