²⁷ It is not good to eat too much honey,^(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.^(B)

27 Do not boast^(A) about tomorrow,
    for you do not know what a day may bring.^(B)

² Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
    an outsider, and not your own lips.^(C)

¹¹ The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

²⁵ The greedy stir up conflict,^(A)
    but those who trust in the Lord^(B) will prosper.

²³ Pride brings a person low,^(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.^(B)

² Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.
³ I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.^(A)
4 Who has gone up^(B) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands^(C) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters^(D) in a cloak?^(E)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,^(F) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

²¹ “Under three things the earth trembles,
    under four it cannot bear up:
²² a servant who becomes king,^(A)
    a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
²³ a contemptible woman who gets married,
    and a servant who displaces her mistress.

²⁹ “There are three things that are stately in their stride,
    four that move with stately bearing:
³⁰ a lion, mighty among beasts,
    who retreats before nothing;
³¹ a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
    and a king secure against revolt.^[a]

³² “If you play the fool and exalt yourself,
    or if you plan evil,
    clap your hand over your mouth!^(A)
33 For as churning cream produces butter,
    and as twisting the nose produces blood,
    so stirring up anger produces strife.”