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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off (27:10) My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me (27:11) A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished (27:12) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman (27:13) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him (27:14) A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike (27:15) Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself] (27:16) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend (27:17) Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured (27:18) As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man (27:19) Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied (27:20) [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise (27:21) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him (27:22) Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds (27:23) For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? (27:24) The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered (27:25) The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field (27:26) And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens
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