observations of self love, 1-4; of true love, 5-10; of care to avoid offenses, 11-22; and of the household care, 23-27.

boast Ps 95:7 Isa 56:12 Lu 12:19,20 2Co 6:2 Jas 4:13-16

to-morrow 1Sa 28:19

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

2Ch 25:27 2Co 10:12,18 12:11

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

heavy 17:12 Ge 34:25,26 49:7 1Sa 22:18,19 Es 5:6 Da 3:19 1Jo 3:12

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

cruel, and anger is outrageous or cruelty and anger are overflowing Jas 1:19-21

but 14:30 Ge 26:14 37:11 Job 5:2 Mt 27:18 Ac 5:17 7:9 17:5 Ro 1:29 Jas 3:14-16 4:5,6 1Jo 3:12

envy 6:34 So 8:6

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

28:23 Le 19:17 Mt 18:15 Ga 2:14 1Ti 5:20

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

the wounds 2Sa 12:7 Job 5:17,18 Ps 141:5 Heb 12:10 Re 3:19

the kisses 10:18 26:23-26 2Sa 20:9,10 Mt 26:48-50

deceitful or earnest

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

full Nu 11:4-9,18-20 21:5

loatheth or treadeth under foot Job 6:7 Lu 15:16,17 Joh 6:9

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

a bird Job 39:14-16 Isa 16:2

man 21:16 Ge 14:16 16:6-8 1Sa 22:5 27:1 1Ki 19:9 Ne 6:11-13 Jon 1:3,10-17 1Co 7:20 Jude 1:13

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

ointment 7:17 Jud 9:9 Ps 45:7,8 104:15 133:2 So 1:3 3:6 4:10 Joh 12:3 2Co 2:15,16

so 15:23 16:21,23,24 Ex 18:17-24 1Sa 23:16,17 Ex 18:17-24 1Sa 23:16,17 Ezr 10:2-4 Ac 28:15

by hearty counsel or from the counsel of the soul

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.

own 2Sa 19:24,28 21:7 1Ki 12:6-8 2Ch 24:22 Isa 41:8-10 Jer 2:5

neither 19:7 Job 6:21-23 Ob 1:12-14

better 17:17 18:24 Lu 10:30-37 Ac 23:12,23

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

be wise 10:1 15:20 23:15,16,24,25 Ec 2:18-21 Phm 7:19,20 2Jo 1:4

that I Ps 119:42 127:4,5

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

18:10 22:3 Ex 9:20,21 Ps 57:1-3 Isa 26:20,21 Mt 3:7 Heb 6:18 11:7 2Pe 3:7,10-14

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

6:1-4 20:16 22:26,27 Ex 22:26

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

he that 2Sa 15:2-7 16:16-19 17:7-13 1Ki 22:6,13 Jer 28:2-4 Ac 12:22,23

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

a continual 19:13 21:9,19 25:24 Job 14:19

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

the ointment Joh 12:3

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

iron 1Sa 13:20,21

so 27:9 Jos 1:18 2:24 1Sa 11:9,10 23:16 2Sa 10:11,12 Job 4:3,4 Isa 35:3,4 1Th 3:3 2Ti 1:8,12 2:3,9-13 Heb 10:24 Jas 1:2 1Pe 4:12,13

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

keepeth So 8:12 1Co 9:7,13

SO 17:2 22:29 Ge 24:2,3 39:2-5,22,23 Ex 24:13 2Ki 3:11 5:2,3,25,27 Mr 10:43 Ac 10:7 Col 3:22

shall 1Sa 2:30 Ps 123:2 Mt 24:25,46 25:21,22 Lu 12:37,43,44 Joh 12:26 1Pe 2:18,21

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

in Jas 1:22-25

so Ge 6:5 Ps 33:15 Mr 7:21

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

hell 30:15,16 Hab 2:5

never 23:5 Ec 1:8 2:10,11 5:10,11 6:7 Jer 22:17 1Jo 2:16

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

the fining 17:3 Ps 12:6 66:10 Zec 13:9 Mal 3:3 1Pe 1:7 4:12

so 1Sa 18:7,8,15,16,30 2Sa 14:25 15:6

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

23:25 Ex 12:30 14:5 15:9 2Ch 28:22,23 Isa 1:5 Jer 5:3 44:15,16 Re 16:10,11

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

diligent Ge 31:38-40 33:13 1Sa 17:28 1Ch 27:29-31 2Ch 26:10 Eze 34:22-24,31 Joh 21:15-17 1Pe 5:2

look well or set thy heart 24:32 Ex 7:23 De 32:46

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

for 23:5 Zep 1:18 1Ti 6:17,18

riches Jas 1:10

doth 2Sa 7:16 Ps 89:36 Isa 9:7

every generation

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

hay or herbage 10:5 Ps 104:14

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

Job 31:20

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

enough 30:8,9 Mt 6:33

maintenance or life