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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?