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Prov.|27:1|-|Do not boast about |a|tomorrow,For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Prov.|27:2|-|Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;A foreigner, and not your own lips.
Prov.|27:3|-|A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty,But a fool’s vexation is heavier than both of them.
Prov.|27:4|-|Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming,But who can stand before jealousy?
Prov.|27:5|-|Open |a|rebuke is betterThan love that is hidden.
Prov.|27:6|-|Faithful are the wounds of a friend,But the |a|kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Prov.|27:7|-|The full soul loathes a honeycomb,But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Prov.|27:8|-|Like a bird that wanders from her nest,So is a man who wanders from his place.
Prov.|27:9|-|Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
Prov.|27:10|-|Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friendTo go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity:
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
Prov.|27:11|-|My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,That I may answer him who reproaches me.
Prov.|27:12|-||a|A prudent man sees evil and hides himself;But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.
Prov.|27:13|-||a|Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,And hold one in pledge who is surety for a foreign woman.
Prov.|27:14|-|He who blesses his friend with a loud voice,Arousing him early in the morning,
It will be reckoned as a curse to him.
Prov.|27:15|-|A continual |a|dripping on a very rainy dayAnd a contentious woman are alike;
Prov.|27:16|-|He who would restrain her restrains the wind,And grasps oil with his right hand.
Prov.|27:17|-|Iron sharpens iron;So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Prov.|27:18|-|Whoever tends a fig tree will |a|eat its fruit,And he who takes care of his master will be honored.
Prov.|27:19|-|As in water face reflects face,So the heart of man reflects man.
Prov.|27:20|-||a|Sheol and |1|Abaddon are never satisfied,And the |b|eyes of man are never satisfied.
Prov.|27:21|-||a|The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,And a man is tried by the praise given him.
Prov.|27:22|-|Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,His folly will not depart from him.
Prov.|27:23|-|Know well the condition of your flocks,And pay attention to your herds—
Prov.|27:24|-|For riches are not forever,Nor does a crown endure from generation to generation—
Prov.|27:25|-|Then when the grass has disappeared, and the tender grass is seen,And the herbs of the mountains have been gathered in,
Prov.|27:26|-|The lambs will be for your clothing,And the goats will bring the price of a field;
Prov.|27:27|-|And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,For the food of your household,
And for the sustenance for your maidens.
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