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Proverbs
Offers wisdom and advice on how to live a good and meaningful life.
Chapter 27
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1
KJV:
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Geneva:
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2
KJV:
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Geneva:
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
3
KJV:
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Geneva:
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
4
KJV:
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Geneva:
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5
KJV:
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Geneva:
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6
KJV:
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Geneva:
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7
KJV:
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Geneva:
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
8
KJV:
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Geneva:
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9
KJV:
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Geneva:
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10
KJV:
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Geneva:
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
11
KJV:
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Geneva:
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12
KJV:
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Geneva:
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13
KJV:
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Geneva:
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14
KJV:
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Geneva:
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15
KJV:
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Geneva:
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
16
KJV:
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Geneva:
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17
KJV:
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Geneva:
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18
KJV:
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Geneva:
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
19
KJV:
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Geneva:
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20
KJV:
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Geneva:
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
21
KJV:
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Geneva:
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22
KJV:
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Geneva:
Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
23
KJV:
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Geneva:
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24
KJV:
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Geneva:
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25
KJV:
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Geneva:
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26
KJV:
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Geneva:
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27
KJV:
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Geneva:
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
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