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Proverbs 27
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Boast not thyself of to
morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
 (27:1-11)
(27:1) "Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou
knowest not what a day may bring forth."
(27:2) "Let another man praise thee, and not
thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."
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| 27:2
Let another man praise
thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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| 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than
them both.
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| 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before
envy? |
(27:4) "Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before
envy?"
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| 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
(27:5) "Open rebuke is better than secret love."
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| 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful. |
(27:6) "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful."
(27:7) "The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter
thing is sweet."
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| 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter
thing is sweet.
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| 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from
his place.
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| 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend by hearty counsel. |
 (27:9) "Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend by hearty counsel."
Is it OK to wear perfume?
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| 27:10
Thine 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 neighbour
that is near than a brother far off. |
(27:10a) "Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not."
(27:10b) "Better is a neighbour
that is near than a brother far off."
(27:11) "My son, be wise, and make my heart glad."
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| 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that
reproacheth me.
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| 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass
on, and are punished. |
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| 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman. |
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| 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
 (27:14) "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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| 27:15
A continual dropping
in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
 (27:15) "A continual dropping in a very rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike."
Contentious women" are like "a continual dropping on a very rainy day." There are no contentious
men. Well, maybe there are a few, but they are like sunny spring days.
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| 27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,
which bewrayeth itself.
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| 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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| 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth
on his master shall be honoured. |
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| 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
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| 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied. |
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| 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his
praise. |
(27:22-23)
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| 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
(27:22) "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
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| 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy
herds. |
(27:23) "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."
Take care of your animals.
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| 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
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| 27:25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the
mountains are gathered. |
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| 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. |
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| 27:27
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy
household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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