Proverbs Chapter 27 (NIV)
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Do not boast about tomorrow,for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;someone else, and not your own lips.
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Stone is heavy and sand a burden,but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,but who can stand before jealousy?
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Better is open rebukethan hidden love.
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Wounds from a friend can be trusted,but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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He who is full loathes honey,but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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Like a bird that strays from its nestis a man who strays from his home.
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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,and the pleasantness of one’s friend springs from his earnest counsel.
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Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father,and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you—better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge,but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
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If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning,it will be taken as a curse.
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A quarrelsome wife is likea constant dripping on a rainy day;
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restraining her is like restraining the windor grasping oil with the hand.
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As iron sharpens iron,so one man sharpens another.
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He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,and he who looks after his master will be honored.
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As water reflects a face,so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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Death and Destruction are never satisfied,and neither are the eyes of man.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,but man is tested by the praise he receives.
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Though you grind a fool in a mortar,grinding him like grain with a pestle,you will not remove his folly from him.
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Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,give careful attention to your herds;
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for riches do not endure forever,and a crown is not secure for all generations.
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When the hay is removed and new growth appearsand the grass from the hills is gathered in,
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the lambs will provide you with clothing,and the goats with the price of a field.
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You will have plenty of goats’ milkto feed you and your familyand to nourish your servant girls.
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