chapter_Proverbs_27
Proverbs 27:1: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. Proverbs 27:2: Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips. Proverbs 27:3: A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. Proverbs 27:4: Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy? Proverbs 27:5: Better is open reproof than hidden love. Proverbs 27:6: Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. Proverbs 27:7: A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Proverbs 27:8: As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place. Proverbs 27:9: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend &#8212; from counsel of the soul. Proverbs 27:10: Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off. Proverbs 27:11: Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word. Proverbs 27:12: The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished. Proverbs 27:13: Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. Proverbs 27:14: Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. Proverbs 27:15: A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, Proverbs 27:16: Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. Proverbs 27:17: Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. Proverbs 27:18: The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. Proverbs 27:19: As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man. Proverbs 27:20: Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. Proverbs 27:21: A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. Proverbs 27:22: If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things &#8212; with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. Proverbs 27:23: Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, Proverbs 27:24: For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. Proverbs 27:25: Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. Proverbs 27:26: Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats, Proverbs 27:27: And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
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