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Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: