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1 Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day might bring.
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1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth- a stranger, and not your own lips.
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2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
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3 A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
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3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
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4 Fury is cruel, and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
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4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
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5 Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
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5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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6 The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
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6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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7 A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
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7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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8 A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
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8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
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9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
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10 Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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10 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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11 Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.
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11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
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12 The sensible see danger and take cover; the foolish keep going and are punished.
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12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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13 Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.
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13 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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14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
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14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
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15 An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.
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15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
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16 The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.
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16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
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17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
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17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
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18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
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19 As the water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.
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19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied.
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20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
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21 Silver is [tested] in a crucible, gold in a smelter, and a man, by the praise he receives.
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21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
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22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.
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22 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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23 Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds,
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23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
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24 for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.
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24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
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25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered in,
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25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
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26 lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field;
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26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
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27 there will be enough goat's milk for your food- food for your household and nourishment for your servants.
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27 You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.
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