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Proverbs 26

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 27
#### 1 | Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
#### 2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
#### 3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
#### 4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
#### 5 | Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
#### 6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
#### 7 | The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
#### 8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
#### 9 | Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.
#### 10 | Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
#### 11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
#### 12 | A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
#### 13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
#### 14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.
#### 15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
#### 16 | He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
#### 17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
#### 18 | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
#### 19 | As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.
#### 20 | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
#### 21 | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.
#### 22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
#### 23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:
#### 24 | For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
#### 25 | The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
#### 26 | The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;
#### 27 | And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

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