²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey; so also for men to search after their own glory is not glory.

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

27 Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.

²⁵ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife, but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall prosper.

²³ A man’s pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

³ I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

⁴ Who hath ascended up into heaven or hath descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if thou canst tell?

²¹ For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

²² for a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled with meat,

²³ for an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

²⁹ There are three things which go well, yea, four which are comely in their goings:

³⁰ a lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

³¹ a greyhound, a hegoat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

³² If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

³³ Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the stirring of wrath bringeth forth strife.

³⁰ Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who feareth the Lord, she shall be praised!