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| [1]BOAST not for tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth |
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| [2]Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; another, and not your own lips |
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| [3]A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both. |
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| [4]Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous; but who can stand before envy |
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| [5]Open rebuke is better than deceitful friendship. |
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| [6]Better are the wounds of a friend than the kisses of an enemy |
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| [7]A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry person even a bitter thing is sweet |
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| [8]Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place |
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| [9]As oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
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| [10]Your own friend and your father's friend forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off |
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| [11]My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me |
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| [12]A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself; but the fools pass on and suffer loss |
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| [13]He who is surety for a stranger, his cloak will be taken away from him and held in pledge for the stranger |
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| [14]He who blesses his friend with a flattering loud voice is not different from him who curses |
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| [15]Like a continual dripping on a rainy day, so is a quarrelsome woman. |
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| [16]The north wind is severe, but it is called the right wind |
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| [17]Iron sharpens iron; so a man enlightens the face of his friend |
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| [18]He who guards his fig tree shall eat its fruit; and he who is careful of his master shall be honored |
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| [19]As faces do not resemble faces, so hearts do not resemble hearts |
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| [20]Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied |
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| [21]As the refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the mouth of those who praise him. The heart of the wicked desires evil, and the heart of the pious desires knowledge |
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| [22]Though you should beat a fool in the midst of an assembly, you will not do him any good, nor will you cause his foolishness to depart from him |
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| [23]When you are feeding the sheep, know their faces and set your mind on the flock. |
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| [24]Possessions are not for ever; nor can riches be handed down from one generation to another. |
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| [25]The grass springs up, the tender growth shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
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| [26]The lambs are for your clothing and the kids are for your sustenance; |
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| [27]And the goats' milk is for your food and for the food of your household |
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