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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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1Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who 2guards 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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3Sheol and Abaddon are 4never satisfied, and 5never satisfied are the eyes of man.
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6The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
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7Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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8Know well the condition of your flocks, and 9give attention to your herds,
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for 10riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
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11When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
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12the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.