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Proverbs 27

1.Boast not thy self of to amorrow: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2.Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth: a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3.*A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty: but a fool’s wrath is heavier then them both.
4.Anger is cruel, and wrath is raging: but who can to stand before benvy?
5.Open rebuke is better then secret love.
6.The wounds of a lover are faithful, and the kisses of an enemy are cpleasant.
7.*The person that is full, despiseth an honey comb: but unto the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8.As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his own place.
9.As ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doeth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10.Thine own friend and thy father’s friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brother’s dhouse in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near, then a brother far off.
11.My son, be wise, and rejoice mine heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12.eA prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth him self: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.
13.*Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14.He that ^praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising fearly in the morning, it shalbe counted to him as a curse.
15.*A continual dropping in the day of rain, and a contentious woman are a like.
16.He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and she is as the oil in his right hand, that uttereth it self.
17.Iron sharpeneth iron, so doeth gman sharpen the face of his friend.
18.He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honour.
19.As in water face answereth to face, hso the heart of man to man.
20.The grave and destruction can never be full, so *the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
21.*As is the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is every man according to his idignity.
22.Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a morter among wheat brayed with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23.Be diligent to know the state of thy flock, and take heed to the herds.
24.For riches remain not alway, nor the crown from generation to generation.
25.The hay discovereth it self, and the grass appeareth, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26.The klambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27.And let the milk of the goats be sufficient for thy food, for the food of thy family, and for the sustenance for thy maids.

Notes

1-a.
Delay not the time, but take occasion when it is offered.
3-*.
Eccle. 22.15.
4-b.
For the envious are obstinate and can not be reconciled.
6-c.
They are flattering, and seem friendful.
7-*.
Job 6.6.
10-d.
Trust not to any worldly help in the day of your trouble.
12-e.
Read Chap. 22.3.
13-*.
Chap. 20.16.
14-^.
Ebr., blesses.
14-f.
Hastily and without cause.
15-*.
Chap. 19.13 and 21.9.
17-g.
One hasty man provokes another to anger.
19-h.
There is no difference between man and man by nature, but only the grace of God makes the difference.
20-*.
Eccle. 14.9.
21-*.
Chap. 17.3.
21-i.
That is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest.
26-k.
This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires of him for the preservation of his gifts.