Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
[Verse 2]
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
[Verse 3]
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden,
but a fool’s anger is heavier than both.
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood,
but who can stand before jealousy?
[Verse 4]
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
[Chorus]
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
[Verse 5]
A satisfied person tramples on honey,
but to a hungry person, everything bitter is sweet.
Like a bird that strays from its nest
is a person who strays from home.
[Verse 6]
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from hearty counsel.
Do not forsake your friend or your parent’s friend,
and do not go to your relative’s house in the day of your calamity;
better is a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
[Verse 7]
Be wise, my child, and bring joy to my heart,
that I may have an answer for one who taunts me.
[Verse 8]
The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
[Verse 9]
Whoever blesses a friend loudly, rising early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse.
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome spouse are alike;
restraining them is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.
[Chorus]
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
[Verse 10]
As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and whoever protects their master will be honored.
[Verse 11]
As water reflects the face,
so one’s heart reflects the person.
Death and Destruction are never satisfied,
and neither are human eyes.
[Verse 12]
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but people are tested by their praise.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
[Bridge]
Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
[Verse 13]
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give careful attention to your herds;
for riches do not endure forever,
and a crown is not secure for all generations.
[Verse 14]
When the hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
the lambs will provide you with clothing,
and the goats with the price of a field.
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you and your family
and to nourish your female servants.
[Final Chorus]
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.