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Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,

And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!