These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 27
Tanakh 27 verses
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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Let another man thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
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- 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
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Better is open rebuke Than that is hidden.
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- 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are importunate.
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The full loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
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- 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
- 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the ; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- 10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity; Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
- 11 My son, be wise, and make my glad, That I may answer him that taunteth me.
- 12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a to him.
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;
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He that would hide her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.
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- 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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1 Corinthians 9:7 Song of Solomon 8:12 Luke 12:43-44 2 Timothy 2:6 1 Corinthians 3:8 Proverbs 22:29 John 12:26 Psalm 123:2 1 Peter 2:18 Exodus 24:13 Genesis 39:2-5 Matthew 25:21-22 Genesis 39:22-23 Colossians 3:22 Genesis 24:2-3 Mark 10:43 2 Kings 5:27 Matthew 24:25 Luke 12:37 2 Kings 5:2-3 Matthew 24:46 Luke 19:17 2 Kings 3:11 1 Corinthians 9:13 1 Samuel 2:30 2 Kings 5:25 1 Peter 2:21 Acts 10:7 Proverbs 17:2 -
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As in water answereth to , So the of man to man.
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- 20 The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; So the eyes of man are never satiated.
- 21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, And a man is tried by his .
- 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- 23 Be thou diligent to the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds;
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For riches are not for ever; And doth the endure unto all generations?
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When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;
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The lambs will be for thy clothing, And the goats the price for a field.
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And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens.
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