Verse 24
Proverbs 27:24
Darby Translation
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for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם חֹ֑סֶן וְ/אִם נֵ֝֗זֶר לְ/ד֣וֹר דור וָ/דֽוֹר
English Translation
For not forever is strength, and if a crown for generation and generation.
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Chapter 27 Context
1
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
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2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
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4
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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5
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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7
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul 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.
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9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty c...
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10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the d...
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11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me...
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12
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
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13
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
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14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a c...
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15
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
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16
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
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17
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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18
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be hon...
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19
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
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20
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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21
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth h...
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22
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart f...
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23
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
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24
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
25
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
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26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
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27
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy...
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