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Boast# not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest# not what a day may bring forth# .
[to...: Heb. to morrow day]
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2
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Let another man# praise# thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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3
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A stone
is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath
is heavier than them both.
[heavy: Heb. heaviness]
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4
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Wrath
is cruel, and anger
is outrageous; but who
is able to stand# before envy?
[Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing]
[envy: or, jealousy?]
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5
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Open# rebuke
is better than secret# love.
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6
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Faithful#
are the wounds of a friend# ; but the kisses of an enemy#
are deceitful# .
[deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent]
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7
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The full soul loatheth# an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
[loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot]
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8
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As a bird that wandereth# from her nest, so
is a man that wandereth# from his place.
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9
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Ointment and perfume rejoice# the heart: so
doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
[by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul]
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10
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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.
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11
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My son, be wise# , and make my heart glad# , that I may answer# # him that reproacheth# me.
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12
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A prudent
man foreseeth# the evil,
and hideth# himself;
but the simple pass on# ,
and are punished# .
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13
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Take# his garment that is surety# for a stranger# , and take a pledge# of him for a strange woman.
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14
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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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15
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A continual# dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious# # woman are alike# .
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16
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Whosoever hideth# her hideth# the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,
which bewrayeth#
itself .
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17
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Iron sharpeneth# iron; so a man sharpeneth# the countenance of his friend.
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18
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Whoso keepeth# the fig tree shall eat# the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth# on his master shall be honoured# .
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19
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As in water face
answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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20
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Hell and destruction# # are never full# ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied# .
[never: Heb. not]
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21
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As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so
is a man to his praise.
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22
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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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23
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Be thou diligent# to know# the state of thy flocks,
and look# well to thy herds.
[look...: Heb. set thy heart]
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24
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For riches
are not for ever: and doth the crown
endure to every generation?
[riches: Heb. strength]
[to...: Heb. to generation and generation?]
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25
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The hay appeareth# , and the tender grass sheweth# itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered# .
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26
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The lambs
are for thy clothing, and the goats
are the price of the field.
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27
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And
thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and
for the maintenance for thy maidens.
[maintenance: Heb. life]
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