| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth. | 1Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring. |
| 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. | 2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips. |
| 3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. | 3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. |
| 4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? | 4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. |
| 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. | 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love! |
| 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. | 6Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. |
| 7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. | 7A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry. |
| 8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. | 8A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest. |
| 9Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel. | 9The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. |
| 10Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. | 10Never abandon a friend— either yours or your father’s. When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance. It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away. |
| 11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me. | 11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics. |
| 12A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it. | 12A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. |
| 13Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge. | 13Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners. |
| 14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him. | 14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse! |
| 15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. | 15A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. |
| 16Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand. | 16Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands. |
| 17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend. | 17As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. |
| 18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored. | 18As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded. |
| 19As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person. | 19As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. |
| 20As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied. | 20Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied. |
| 21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives. | 21Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised. |
| 22If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. | 22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle. |
| 23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds, | 23Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds, |
| 24for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. | 24for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation. |
| 25When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, | 25After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in, |
| 26the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. | 26your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field. |
| 27And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls. | 27And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls. |
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