| 章 |
| 27:1 |
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
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| 27:2 |
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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| 27:3 |
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
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| 27:4 |
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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| 27:5 |
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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| 27:6 |
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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| 27:7 |
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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| 27:8 |
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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| 27:9 |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
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| 27:10 |
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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| 27:11 |
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
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| 27:12 |
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
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| 27:13 |
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
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| 27:14 |
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
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| 27:15 |
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
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| 27:16 |
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
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| 27:17 |
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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| 27:18 |
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
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| 27:19 |
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
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| 27:20 |
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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| 27:21 |
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
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| 27:22 |
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
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| 27:23 |
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
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| 27:24 |
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
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| 27:25 |
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
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| 27:26 |
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
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| 27:27 |
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
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