See in Reader
114 lines
3.1 KiB
Plaintext
114 lines
3.1 KiB
Plaintext
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\c 27
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 1 Do not boast about tomorrow,
|
|
\q for you do not know what a day may bring.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 2 Let someone else praise you and not your own mouth;
|
|
\q a stranger and not your own lips.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand—
|
|
\q the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger,
|
|
\q but who is able to stand before jealousy?
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 5 Better is an open rebuke
|
|
\q than hidden love.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 6 Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend,
|
|
\q but an enemy may kiss you profusely.
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 7 A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb,
|
|
\q but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest
|
|
\q is a man who strays from where he lives.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice,
|
|
\q but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel.
|
|
\f + \ft Modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult verse. \f*
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father,
|
|
\q and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity.
|
|
\q Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice;
|
|
\q then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 12 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself,
|
|
\q but the naive people go on and suffer because of it.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 13 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger,
|
|
\q and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 14 Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning,
|
|
\q that blessing will be considered to be a curse!
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 15 A quarreling wife is like
|
|
\q the constant dripping on a rainy day;
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 16 restraining her is like restraining the wind,
|
|
\q or trying to catch oil in your right hand.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 17 Iron sharpens iron;
|
|
\q in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
|
|
\q and the one who protects his master will be honored.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 19 Just as water reflects a person's face,
|
|
\q so a person's heart reflects the person.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
|
|
\q so a man's eyes are never satisfied.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold;
|
|
\q and a person is tested when he is praised.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain—
|
|
\q yet his foolishness will not leave him.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks
|
|
\q and be concerned about your herds,
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 24 for wealth is not forever.
|
|
\q Does a crown endure for all generations?
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 25 When the hay is gone and the new growth appears,
|
|
\q then the grass from the hills is gathered in for the flocks.
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 26 Those lambs will provide your clothing
|
|
\q and the goats will provide the price of the field.
|
|
\q
|
|
\v 27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household—
|
|
\q and nourishment for your servant girls.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|