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# Proverbs 27 (New King James Version)
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My Son, Be Wise
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##### Chapter 27
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###### 1 Do not boast about tomorrow,
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For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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###### 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
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A stranger, and not your own lips.
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###### 3 A stone _is_ heavy and sand _is_ weighty,
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But a fool's wrath _is_ heavier than both of them.
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###### 4 Wrath _is_ cruel and anger a torrent,
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But who _is_ able to stand before jealousy?
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###### 5 Open rebuke _is_ better
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Than love carefully concealed.
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###### 6 Faithful _are_ the wounds of a friend,
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But the kisses of an enemy _are_ deceitful.
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###### 7 A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,
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But to a hungry soul every bitter thing _is_ sweet.
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###### 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest
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_Is_ a man who wanders from his place.
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###### 9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
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And the sweetness of a man's friend _gives delight_ by hearty counsel.
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###### 10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend,
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Nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity;
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Better _is_ a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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###### 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
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That I may answer him who reproaches me.
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###### 12 A prudent _man_ foresees evil _and_ hides himself;
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The simple pass on _and_ are punished.
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###### 13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
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And hold it in pledge _when_ he is surety for a seductress.
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###### 14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
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It will be counted a curse to him.
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###### 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day
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And a contentious woman are alike;
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###### 16 Whoever restrains her restrains the wind,
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And grasps oil with his right hand.
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###### 17 _As_ iron sharpens iron,
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So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
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###### 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
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So he who waits on his master will be honored.
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###### 19 As in water face _reflects_ face,
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So a man's heart _reveals_ the man.
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###### 20 Hell and Destruction are never full;
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So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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###### 21 The refining pot _is_ for silver and the furnace for gold,
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And a man _is valued_ by what others say of him.
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###### 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
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_Yet_ his foolishness will not depart from him.
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###### 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
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_And_ attend to your herds;
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###### 24 For riches _are_ not forever,
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Nor does a crown _endure_ to all generations.
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###### 25 _When_ the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
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And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
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###### 26 The lambs _will provide_ your clothing,
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And the goats the price of a field;
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###### 27 _You shall have_ enough goats' milk for your food,
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For the food of your household,
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And the nourishment of your maidservants.
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