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Proverbs 27:8-18
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As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
10
Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
11
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
12
The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
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Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14
Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
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A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
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Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
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Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18
The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
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Proverbs 27:8-18 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14
This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.