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| 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth 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 [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. |
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| 4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy |
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| 5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love. |
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| 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. |
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| 7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet. |
Soul – Being, person. R205:2
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| 8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place. |
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| 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend from counsel of the soul. |
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| 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. |
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| 11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word. |
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| 12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they 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, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. |
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| 14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. |
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| 15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, |
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| 16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. |
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| 17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. |
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| 18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. |
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| 19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man. |
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| 20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not 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 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. |
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| 22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. |
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| 23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, |
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| 24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. |
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| 25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. |
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| 26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats, |
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| 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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