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| 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. |
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| 2 Let another 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 vexation is heavier than them both.
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| 4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? |
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| 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. |
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| 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. |
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| 7 The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
Soul – Being, person. R205:2
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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; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel. |
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| 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. |
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| 11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. |
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| 12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished. |
Foreseeth the evil – The energy of politicians and financiers advocating world trade markets is begotten of this wisdom. R2867:5,3
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| 13 Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge 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 reckoned a curse to him. |
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| 15 A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: |
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| 16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil. |
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| 17 Iron is sharpened by 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; and he that guardeth 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 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
Hell – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E368; R2599:5
Are never full – Cannot be overcrowded, no limit to its capacity. E368
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| 21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him. |
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| 22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. |
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| 23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: |
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| 24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? |
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| 25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. |
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| 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; |
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| 27 and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. |
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