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Proverbs 27 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:4 - Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open reproof than hidden love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:26 - Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
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