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Proverbs 27 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Boast not of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what the next day shall bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:4 - Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Open reproofs are better than secret love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - A wise man, when evils are approaching, hides himself; but fools pass on, and will be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman drive a man out of his own house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:26 - that thou mayest have wool of sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - My son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants.
BES Footnotes
Heb. omits to ver 21.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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