Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha TMBA
New International Version NIV
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man who wandereth from his place.
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Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
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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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
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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Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, but take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
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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If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 Whosoever would hide her would hide the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which betrayeth itself.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
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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The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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