60 lines
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60 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.
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2 Let another 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 provocation is heavier than both.
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4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
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but who can stand before jealousy?
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5 Better is open rebuke
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than hidden love.
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6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
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profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
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7 One who is full loathes honey,
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but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
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8 Like a bird that strays from its nest
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is a man who strays from his home.
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9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
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and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
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10 Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend,
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and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
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Better is a neighbor who is near
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than a brother who is far away.
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11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
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that I may answer him who reproaches me.
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12 The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
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but the simple go on and suffer for it.
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13 Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
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and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
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rising early in the morning,
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will be counted as cursing.
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15 A continual dripping on a rainy day
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and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
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16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
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or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
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and one man sharpens another.
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18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
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and he who guards his master will be honored.
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19 As in water face reflects face,
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so the heart of man reflects the man.
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
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and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
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21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
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and a man is tested by his praise.
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22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
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along with crushed grain,
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yet his folly will not depart from him.
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23 Know well the condition of your flocks,
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and give attention to your herds,
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24 for riches do not last forever;
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and does a crown endure to all generations?
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25 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
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and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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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 There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
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for the food of your household
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and maintenance for your girls. |