| Holman Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day might bring. | 1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
| 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth-- a stranger, and not your own lips. | 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
| 3A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. | 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
| 4Fury is cruel, and anger a flood, but who can withstand jealousy? | 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? |
| 5Better an open reprimand than concealed love. | 5Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
| 6The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. | 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
| 7A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet. | 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| 8A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest. | 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
| 9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel. | 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
| 10Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. | 10Thine 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. |
| 11Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me. | 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
| 12A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished. | 12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
| 13Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners. | 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| 14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him. | 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| 15An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike. | 15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
| 16The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand. | 16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
| 17Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. | 17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| 18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored. | 18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| 19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person. | 19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
| 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied. | 20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
| 21A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and a man for the words of his praise. | 21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
| 22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him. | 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
| 23Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds, | 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. |
| 24for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time. | 24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
| 25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered in, | 25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
| 26lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field; | 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. |
| 27there will be enough goat's milk for your food-- food for your household and nourishment for your female servants. | 27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
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