| 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 thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
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3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than 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 lotheth a honey-comb; 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 | Thy 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 neighbor 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 | Whoever 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 | He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
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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 shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not 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 plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth 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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27 | And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.
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