| 1 لاَ تَفْتَخِرْ بِالْغَدِ لأَنَّكَ لاَ تَعْلَمُ مَاذَا يَلِدُهُ يَوْمٌ. | 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
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| 2 لِيَمْدَحْكَ الْغَرِيبُ لاَ فَمُكَ، الأَجْنَبِيُّ لاَ شَفَتَاكَ. | 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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| 3 اَلْحَجَرُ ثَقِيلٌ وَالرَّمْلُ ثَقِيلٌ، وَغَضَبُ الْجَاهِلِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا. | 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
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4 اَلْغَضَبُ قَسَاوَةٌ وَالسَّخَطُ جُرَافٌ، وَمَنْ يَقِفُ قُدَّامَ الْحَسَدِ؟  | 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? |
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| 5 اَلتَّوْبِيخُ الظَّاهِرُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحُبِّ الْمُسْتَتِرِ. | 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
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| 6 أَمِينَةٌ هِيَ جُرُوحُ الْمُحِبِّ، وَغَاشَّةٌ هِيَ قُبْلاَتُ الْعَدُوِّ. | 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
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| 7 اَلنَّفْسُ الشَّبْعَانَةُ تَدُوسُ الْعَسَلَ، وَلِلنَّفْسِ الْجَائِعَةِ كُلُّ مُرّ حُلْوٌ. | 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
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| 8 مِثْلُ الْعُصْفُورِ التَّائِهِ مِنْ عُشِّهِ، هكَذَا الرَّجُلُ التَّائِهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
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| 9 اَلدُّهْنُ وَالْبَخُورُ يُفَرِّحَانِ الْقَلْبَ، وَحَلاَوَةُ الصَّدِيقِ مِنْ مَشُورَةِ النَّفْسِ. | 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
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| 10 لاَ تَتْرُكْ صَدِيقَكَ وَصَدِيقَ أَبِيكَ، وَلاَ تَدْخُلْ بَيْتَ أَخِيكَ فِي يَوْمِ بَلِيَّتِكَ. الْجَارُ الْقَرِيبُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الأَخِ الْبَعِيدِ. | 10 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. |
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| 11 يَا ابْنِي، كُنْ حَكِيمًا وَفَرِّحْ قَلْبِي، فَأُجِيبَ مَنْ يُعَيِّرُنِي كَلِمَةً. | 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
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| 12 الذَّكِيُّ يُبْصِرُ الشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى. الأَغْبِيَاءُ يَعْبُرُونَ فَيُعَاقَبُونَ. | 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
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| 13 خُذْ ثَوْبَهُ لأَنَّهُ ضَمِنَ غَرِيبًا، وَلأَجْلِ الأَجَانِبِ ارْتَهِنَ مِنْهُ. | 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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| 14 مَنْ يُبَارِكُ قَرِيبَهُ بِصَوْتٍ عَال فِي الصَّبَاحِ بَاكِرًا، يُحْسَبُ لَهُ لَعْنًا. | 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
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| 15 اَلْوَكْفُ الْمُتَتَابعُ فِي يَوْمٍ مُمْطِرٍ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ الْمُخَاصِمَةُ سِيَّانِ، | 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
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| 16 مَنْ يُخَبِّئُهَا يُخَبِّئُ الرِّيحَ وَيَمِينُهُ تَقْبِضُ عَلَى زَيْتٍ! | 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
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| 17 الْحَدِيدُ بِالْحَدِيدِ يُحَدَّدُ، وَالإِنْسَانُ يُحَدِّدُ وَجْهَ صَاحِبِهِ. | 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
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| 18 مَنْ يَحْمِي تِينَةً يَأْكُلُ ثَمَرَتَهَا، وَحَافِظُ سَيِّدِهِ يُكْرَمُ. | 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
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| 19 كَمَا فِي الْمَاءِ الْوَجْهُ لِلْوَجْهِ، كَذلِكَ قَلْبُ الإِنْسَانِ لِلإِنْسَانِ. | 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
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| 20 اَلْهَاوِيَةُ وَالْهَلاَكُ لاَ يَشْبَعَانِ، وَكَذَا عَيْنَا الإِنْسَانِ لاَ تَشْبَعَانِ. | 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
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| 21 اَلْبُوطَةُ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَالْكُورُ لِلذَّهَبِ، كَذَا الإِنْسَانُ لِفَمِ مَادِحِهِ. | 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
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| 22 إِنْ دَقَقْتَ الأَحْمَقَ فِي هَاوُنٍ بَيْنَ السَّمِيذِ بِمِدَقّ، لاَ تَبْرَحُ عَنْهُ حَمَاقَتُهُ. | 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
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| 23 مَعْرِفَةً اعْرِفْ حَالَ غَنَمِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى قُطْعَانِكَ، | 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. |
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| 24 لأَنَّ الْغِنَى لَيْسَ بِدَائِمٍ، وَلاَ التَّاجُ لِدَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ. | 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
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| 25 فَنِيَ الْحَشِيشُ وَظَهَرَ الْعُشْبُ وَاجْتَمَعَ نَبَاتُ الْجِبَالِ. | 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
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| 26 الْحُمْلاَنُ لِلِبَاسِكَ، وَثَمَنُ حَقْل أَعْتِدَةٌ. | 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. |
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| 27 وَكِفَايَةٌ مِنْ لَبَنِ الْمَعْزِ لِطَعَامِكَ، لِقُوتِ بَيْتِكَ وَمَعِيشَةِ فَتَيَاتِكَ. | 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
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