"1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.”
“2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips.”
“3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is]
heavier than them both. 4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous;
but who [is] able to stand before envy?”
“5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. 6 Faithful [are] the
wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.”
“7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.”
“8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that
wandereth from his place.”
“9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of
a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 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.”
“11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me.”
“12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but]
the simple pass on, [and] are punished.”
“13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman.”
“14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.”
“15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of
his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].”
“17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.”
“18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.”
“19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.”
“20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.”
“21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is]
a man to his praise.”
“22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.”
“23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well
to thy herds. 24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown
[endure] to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass
sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs
[are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. 27
And [thou shalt have] goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of
thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.” (Proverbs
27:1-27 AV)
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