Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
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A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
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Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
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Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts, but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
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The sated appetite spurns honey, but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
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Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
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Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.
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Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
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Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
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The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
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Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
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Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
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A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
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to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
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Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
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Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
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The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
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Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
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Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
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for riches do not last forever, nor a crown for all generations.
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
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When the grass is gone, and new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
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the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
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there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.
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