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The Proverbs, Chapter 27
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Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
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2 |
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips.
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3 |
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is
heavier than them both.
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4 |
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand
before envy?
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5 |
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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6 |
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
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7 |
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
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8 |
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that
wandereth from his place.
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9 |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of
a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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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 |
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me.
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12 |
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the
simple pass on, and are punished.
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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 |
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 |
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
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16 |
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his
right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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17 |
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
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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 |
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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20 |
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are
never satisfied.
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21 |
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a
man to his praise.
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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 |
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well
to thy herds.
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24 |
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
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25 |
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth
itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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26 |
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of
the field.
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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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