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| 27:1 |
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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| 27:2 |
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
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| 27:3 |
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
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| 27:4 |
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?
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| 27:5 |
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
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| 27:6 |
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
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| 27:7 |
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
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| 27:8 |
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.
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| 27:9 |
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.
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| 27:10 |
Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
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| 27:11 |
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me.
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| 27:12 |
A prudent man sees evil [and] hides himself, The naive proceed [and] pay the penalty.
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| 27:13 |
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
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| 27:14 |
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.
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| 27:15 |
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
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| 27:16 |
He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
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| 27:17 |
Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
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| 27:18 |
He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit; And he who cares for his master will be honored.
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| 27:19 |
As in water face [reflects] face, So the heart of man [reflects] man.
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| 27:20 |
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
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| 27:21 |
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man [is tested] by the praise accorded him.
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| 27:22 |
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, [Yet] his folly will not depart from him.
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| 27:23 |
Know well the condition of your flocks, [And] pay attention to your herds;
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| 27:24 |
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown [endure] to all generations.
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| 27:25 |
[When] the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
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| 27:26 |
The lambs [will be] for your clothing, And the goats [will bring] the price of a field,
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| 27:27 |
And [there will be] goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.
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