Proverbs:27

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* Boast not thyself of to –morrow ; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth ! * Let another man praise thee , and not thine own mouth ; A stranger , and not thine own lips . * A stone is heavy and sand is weighty ; But a fool ’s wrath is heavier than both . * Wrath is cruel , and anger overwhelming ; But who is able to stand before jealousy ? * Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed . * Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . * He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb ; But to the hungry any bitter thing is sweet . * As a bird that wandereth from its nest , So is a man who wandereth from his place . * Oil and perfume gladden the heart ; Sweet also is one ’s friend by hearty counsel . * Thine own friend and thy father ’s friend forsake not ; And go not into thy brother ’s house in the day of thy calamity . Better is a neighbor that is near , than a brother far off . * Be wise , my son , and make my heart glad , That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me . * A prudent man foreseeth the evil , and hideth himself ; The simple pass on , and are punished . * Take his garment who is surety for another ; Yea , take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger . * He who blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice , rising early for it , It shall be accounted to him as a curse . * A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a quarrelsome wife are alike . * He who restraineth her restraineth the wind ; And his right hand layeth hold of oil . * Iron sharpeneth iron ; So one man sharpeneth the face of another . * He that watcheth the fig –tree shall eat its fruit ; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor . * As in water face answereth to face , So doth the heart of man to man . * The realms of the dead are never full ; So the eyes of man are never satisfied . * The refining –pot is for silver , and the furnace for gold ; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise . * Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar , Among bruised wheat , with a pestle , Yet will not his folly depart from him . * Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks , And look well to thy herds ! * For riches last not for ever ; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation . * The hay disappeareth , and the tender grass showeth itself , And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in . * The lambs are thy clothing , And the goats the price of thy field . * There is goat ’s milk enough for thy food , For the food of thy household , And for the sustenance of thy maidens .

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