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Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before 1jealousy?
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2Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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Faithful are 3the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
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One who is full loathes 4honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
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Like 5a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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6Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.a
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Do not forsake your friend and 7your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. 8Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
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15Take 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.b
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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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16A 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 graspc oil in one's right hand.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.d
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As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
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22The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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23Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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for 26riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
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27When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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28the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
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29There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Provérbios 27:4
Cruel é o furor, e impetuosa é a ira; mas quem pode resistir � inveja?
King James Version KJV
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
New King James Version NKJV
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Provérbios 27:4
O rancor é cruel e a fúria é destruidora,mas quem consegue suportar a inveja?
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)