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1. Never brag about what you will do in the future; you have no idea what tomorrow will bring.
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1. Boast not thyself H408 H1984 of tomorrow H3117 H4279 ; for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 what H4100 a day H3117 may bring forth H3205 .
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2. Never praise yourself. Let others do it.
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2. Let another man H2114 praise H1984 thee , and not H3808 thine own mouth H6310 ; a stranger H5237 , and not H408 thine own lips H8193 .
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3. A stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry, but the irritation caused by a fool is much harder to bear.
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3. A stone H68 is heavy H3514 , and the sand H2344 weighty H5192 ; but a fool H191 's wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both H4480 H8147 .
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4. Anger is cruel and can destroy like a flood, but jealousy is much worse.
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4. Wrath H2534 is cruel H395 , and anger H639 is outrageous H7858 ; but who H4310 is able to stand H5975 before H6440 envy H7068 ?
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5. Open criticism is better than hidden love.
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5. Open H1540 rebuke H8433 is better H2896 than secret H5641 love H4480 H160 .
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6. You can trust what your friend says, even when it hurts. But your enemies want to hurt you, even when they act nice.
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6. Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend H157 ; but the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 are deceitful H6280 .
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7. When you are full, you will not even eat honey. When you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
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7. The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947 a honeycomb H5317 ; but to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every H3605 bitter thing H4751 is sweet H4966 .
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8. A man away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
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8. As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 from H4480 her nest H7064 , so H3651 is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 from his place H4480 H4725 .
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9. Perfume and incense make you feel good, and so does good advice from a friend.
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9. Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 the heart H3820 : so doth the sweetness H4986 of a man's friend H7453 by hearty counsel H4480 H6098 H5315 .
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10. Don't forget your own friends or your father's friends. If you have a problem, go to your neighbor for help. It is better to ask a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
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10. Thine own friend H7453 , and thy father H1 's friend H7453 , forsake H5800 not H408 ; neither H408 go H935 into thy brother H251 's house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity H343 : for better H2896 is a neighbor H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H4480 H251 far off H7350 .
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11. My son, be wise. This will make me happy. Then I will be able to answer those who criticize me.
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11. My son H1121 , be wise H2449 , and make my heart H3820 glad H8055 , that I may answer H7725 H1697 him that reproacheth H2778 me.
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12. Wise people see trouble coming and get out of its way, but fools go straight to the trouble and suffer for it.
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12. A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 the evil H7451 , and hideth himself H5641 ; but the simple H6612 pass on H5674 , and are punished H6064 .
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13. When you make a deal with a stranger, get something from him and any other foreigners with him to make sure he will pay you.
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13. Take H3947 his garment H899 that H3588 is surety H6148 for a stranger H2114 , and take a pledge H2254 of him for H1157 a strange woman H5237 .
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14. Don't wake up your neighbors early in the morning with a shout of "Good morning!" They will treat it like a curse, not a blessing.
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14. He that blesseth H1288 his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 , rising early H7925 in the morning H1242 , it shall be counted H2803 a curse H7045 to him.
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15. A complaining wife is like water that never stops dripping on a rainy day.
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15. A continual H2956 dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117 and a contentious H4079 woman H802 are alike H7737 .
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16. Stopping her is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold oil in your hand.
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16. Whosoever hideth H6845 her hideth H6845 the wind H7307 , and the ointment H8081 of his right hand H3225 , which betrayeth H7121 itself .
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17. As one piece of iron sharpens another, so friends keep each other sharp.
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17. Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 iron H1270 ; so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 the countenance H6440 of his friend H7453 .
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18. People who take care of fig trees are allowed to eat the fruit. In the same way, people who take care of their masters will be rewarded.
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18. Whoso keepeth H5341 the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 thereof : so he that waiteth H8104 on his master H113 shall be honored H3513 .
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19. Just as you can see your own face reflected in water, so your heart reflects the kind of person you are.
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19. As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face H6440 , so H3651 the heart H3820 of man H120 to man H120 .
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20. Just as the place of death and destruction is never full, people always want more and more.
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20. Hell H7585 and destruction H10 are never H3808 full H7646 ; so the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never H3808 satisfied H7646 .
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21. People use fire to purify gold and silver. In the same way, you are tested by the praise people give you.
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21. As the refining pot H4715 for silver H3701 , and the furnace H3564 for gold H2091 ; so is a man H376 to H6310 to his praise H4110 .
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22. Even if you pound fools to powder like grain in a bowl, you will never force the foolishness out of them.
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22. Though H518 thou shouldest bray H3806 H853 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle H5940 , yet will not H3808 his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from H4480 H5921 him.
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23. Learn all you can about your sheep. Take care of your goats the best you can.
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23. Be thou diligent to know H3045 H3045 the state H6440 of thy flocks H6629 , and look H7896 H3820 well to thy herds H5739 .
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24. Neither wealth nor nations last forever.
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24. For H3588 riches H2633 are not H3808 forever H5769 : and doth H518 the crown H5145 endure to every generation H1755 H1755 ?
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25. Cut the hay, and new grass will grow. Then gather the new plants that grow on the hills.
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25. The hay H2682 appeareth H1540 , and the tender grass H1877 showeth itself H7200 , and herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered H622 .
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26. Cut the wool from your lambs, and make your clothes. Sell some of your goats, and buy some land.
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26. The lambs H3532 are for thy clothing H3830 , and the goats H6260 are the price H4242 of the field H7704 .
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27. Then there will be plenty of goat's milk for you and your family, with enough to keep the servants healthy.
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27. And thou shalt have goats H5795 ' milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food H3899 , for the food H3899 of thy household H1004 , and for the maintenance H2416 for thy maidens H5291 .
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