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