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Proverbs 27
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1Don’t boast about tomorrow;
- for you don’t know what a day may bring forth.
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2Let another man praise you,
- and not your own mouth;
- a stranger, and not your own lips.
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3A stone is heavy,
- and sand is a burden;
- but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
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4Wrath is cruel,
- and anger is overwhelming;
- but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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5Better is open rebuke
- than hidden love.
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6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
- although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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7A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
- but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
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8As a bird that wanders from her nest,
- so is a man who wanders from his home.
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9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
- so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
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10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
- Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster:
- better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
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11Be wise, my son,
- and bring joy to my heart,
- then I can answer my tormentor.
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12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
- but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
- Hold it for a wayward woman!
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14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
- it will be taken as a curse by him.
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15A continual dropping on a rainy day
- and a contentious wife are alike:
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16restraining her is like restraining the wind,
- or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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17Iron sharpens iron;
- so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
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18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
- He who looks after his master shall be honored.
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19As water reflects a face,
- so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
- and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
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21The crucible is for silver,
- and the furnace for gold;
- but man is refined by his praise.
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22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
- yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
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23Know well the state of your flocks,
- and pay attention to your herds:
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24for riches are not forever,
- nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
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25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
- the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
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26The lambs are for your clothing,
- and the goats are the price of a field.
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27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
- for your family’s food,
- and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
