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1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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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 man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine 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 the sand weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than 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 Wrath is cruel and anger is outraging, but who is able to stand before envy?
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4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
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5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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6 Faithful are the wounds from a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every 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 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man who wandereth from his place.
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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 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by counsel from the heart.
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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 Thine own friend and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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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 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth 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 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on 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 that is surety for a stranger, but take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
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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 He that, rising early in the morning, blesseth his friend with a loud voice: it shall 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 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
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16 Whosoever would hide her would hide the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which betrayeth itself.
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16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
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17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on his master shall 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 in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
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20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man 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 As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man tried by praise.
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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 thou shouldest grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart 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 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy 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 riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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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 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered;
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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 the lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats pay the price of the 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 and thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food for thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
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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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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
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