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Chapter 27 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 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? |
| 5 | Open rebuke is
better than secret love. |
| 6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
| 7 | The full soul loatheth an
honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| 8 | As a
bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his
place. |
| 9 |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness
of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
| 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. |
| 11 |
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me. |
| 12 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
| 13 | Take his
garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange
woman. |
| 14
| He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising
early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| 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. |
| 19
| As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man
to man. |
| 20
| Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man
are never satisfied. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 27
| And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for
the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
