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Proverbs 27:8-22

  1. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

  2. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

  3. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  13. Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  14. As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

  15. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.