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12 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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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 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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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 rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
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A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will 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.
19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
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As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
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Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
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