Proverbs 27 says: Don’t boast about tomorrow because you don’t know what it will be like… let another praise you… stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both… the kisses of an enemy may be profuse, but faithful are the wounds of a friend… like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home… don’t forsake your friend or your father’s friend… if a man loudly blesses his neighbour early in the morning it will be taken as a curse… the crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives… riches don’t endure for ever.
