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Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
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for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Jas. 4.13-16 |
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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
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a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
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but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
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Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
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but who is able to stand before envy? |
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Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
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but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
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The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
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but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
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so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
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so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
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neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: |
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for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. |
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
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that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
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but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,
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and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice,
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rising early in the morning, |
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it shall be counted a curse to him. |
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day
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and a contentious woman are alike. |
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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
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and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
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Iron sharpeneth iron;
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so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
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Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
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so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored. |
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As in water face answereth to face,
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so the heart of man to man. |
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Hell and destruction are never full;
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so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
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As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
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so is a man to his praise. |
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
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yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
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and look well to thy herds: |
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for riches are not for ever:
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and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
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The hay appeareth,
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and the tender grass showeth itself, |
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and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
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The lambs are for thy clothing,
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and the goats are the price of the field. |
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And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food,
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for the food of thy household, |
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and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
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