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57 lines
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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. |