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Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth. |
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. |
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A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. |
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Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? |
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love. |
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. |
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The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. |
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Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. |
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Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel. |
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Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. |
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Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me. |
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A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it. |
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Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge. |
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If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him. |
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A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. |
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Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand. |
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As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend. |
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The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored. |
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As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person. |
20
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As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied. |
21
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As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives. |
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If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. |
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Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds, |
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for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. |
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When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, |
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the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. |
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And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls. |
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