Verse 24
Proverbs 27:24
Literal Standard Version
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For riches are not for all time, || Nor a crown to generation and 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
Do not boast about tomorrow, || For you do not know what a day brings forth.
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2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, || A stranger, and not your own lips.
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3
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, || And the anger of a fool || Is heavier than them both.
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4
Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?
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5
Better is open reproof than hidden love.
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6
The wounds of a lover are faithful, || And the kisses of an enemy are abundant.
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7
A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, || And every bitter thing is sweet to a hungry soul.
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8
As a bird wandering from her nest, || So is a man wandering from his place.
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9
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, || And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the so...
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10
Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, || And do not enter the house of your...
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11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, || And I return a word to my reproacher.
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12
The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, || The simple have passed on, they are punished.
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13
Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, || And pledge it for a strange woman.
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14
Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, || Rising early in the morning, || It is reckoned...
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15
A continual dropping in a day of rain, || And a woman of contentions are alike,
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16
Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, || And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
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17
Iron is sharpened by iron, || And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
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18
The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, || And the preserver of his master is honored.
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19
As in water the face is to face, || So the heart of man to man.
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20
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, || And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
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21
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And a man according to his praise.
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22
If you beat the foolish in a mortar, || Among washed things—with a pestle, || His folly does not tur...
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23
Know the face of your flock well, || Set your heart to the droves,
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24
For riches are not for all time, || Nor a crown to generation and generation.
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The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, || And the herbs of mountains gathered.
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26
Lambs are for your clothing, || And the price of the field are male goats,
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27
And a sufficiency of goats’ milk is for your bread, || For bread to your house, and life to your gir...
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