Verse 24
Proverbs 27:24
Noah Webster Bible
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For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every 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 may bring forth.
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2
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
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3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
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4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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7
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; 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: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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10
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day...
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11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him 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 counted a cu...
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15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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16
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself .
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17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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18
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be ho...
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19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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21
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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22
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not...
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23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25
The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
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27
And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenan...
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