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Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
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Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool`s vexation is heavier than them both.
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Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one`s friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
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Thine own friend, and thy father`s friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother`s house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
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A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.
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Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
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A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
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whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
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Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
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As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
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If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
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Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
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for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
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The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
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The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
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and there is goats` milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
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