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 Pro 27:1 |
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. |
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Pro 27:2 |
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips. |
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Pro 27:3 |
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. |
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Pro 27:4 |
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? |
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Pro 27:5 |
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. |
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Pro 27:6 |
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. |
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Pro 27:7 |
One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. |
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Pro 27:8 |
Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home. |
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Pro 27:9 |
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. |
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Pro 27:10 |
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. |
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Pro 27:11 |
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. |
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Pro 27:12 |
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. |
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Pro 27:13 |
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider. |
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Pro 27:14 |
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. |
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Pro 27:15 |
A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; |
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Pro 27:16 |
restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand. |
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Pro 27:17 |
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. |
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Pro 27:18 |
The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored. |
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Pro 27:19 |
As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart. [fn] |
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Pro 27:20 |
Death and Destruction [fn] are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. |
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Pro 27:21 |
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise. |
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Pro 27:22 |
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them. |
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Pro 27:23 |
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; |
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Pro 27:24 |
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. |
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Pro 27:25 |
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in, |
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Pro 27:26 |
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. |
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Pro 27:27 |
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants. |
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