²⁷ Eating too much honey isn’t good,
    nor is it appropriate to seek honor.

¹² Do you see people who consider themselves wise?
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.

27 Don’t brag about tomorrow,
    for you don’t know what a day will bring.
² Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth;
    a stranger, and not your own lips.

¹¹ Rich people think they are wise,
    but an insightful poor person sees through them.

²⁵ Greedy people stir up conflict,
    but those who trust the Lord become prosperous.

²³ Pride lays people low,
    but those of humble spirit gain honor.

⁴ Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
    Who has gathered the wind by the handful?
    Who has bound up the waters in a garment?
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
    What is this person’s name and the name of this person’s child—
            if you know it?

²¹ At three things the earth trembles,
    at four it can’t bear up:
²²         at a servant when he becomes king
        and fools when they are full of food;
²³         at a detested woman when she gets married
        and a female servant when she replaces her mistress.

²⁹ There are three things that are excellent in their stride,
    four that are excellent as they walk:
³⁰     a lion, a warrior among beasts,
            which doesn’t back down at anything;
³¹     the strut of a rooster or a male goat;
    and a king with his army.

³² If you’ve been foolish and arrogant,
    if you’ve been scheming,
    put your hand to your mouth,
³³         because churning milk makes curds,
        squeezing the nose brings blood,
        and stirring up anger produces strife.