Proverbs 27:11-19

1. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

2. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

3. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

4. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

5. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

6. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

7. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

8. 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

9. 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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