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1The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but 2the simple go on and suffer for it.
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3Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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4A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
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to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
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5Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who 6guards his master will be honored.
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As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
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7Sheol and Abaddon are 8never satisfied, and 9never satisfied are the eyes of man.
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10The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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11Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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12Know well the condition of your flocks, and 13give attention to your herds,
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for 14riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
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15When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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16the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
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17There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.