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Proverbs 25:16-26
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Proverbs 25:16-26
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16
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
17
Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
18
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
19
Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
20
Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
21
If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
22
For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.
23
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
24
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
25
As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
26
Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
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