| Chapter 27 |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. --
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Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips. --
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both. --
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Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? --
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Open rebuke is better than secret love. --
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. --
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The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. --
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. --
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. --
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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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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. --
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. --
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. --
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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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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. --
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Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself. --
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. --
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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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As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. --
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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. --
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As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. --
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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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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. --
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For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? --
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The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. --
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The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. --
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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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