Proverbs of Solomon - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 814
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
PROVERBS.
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18 20 2 I 22 24* 26 28 2$——-·4 In the day of your distress; For a friend is better near Than a brother who keeps afar. Be wise my son, and delight my heart, As an answer to him who insults. The prudent sees danger, and hides; The reckless go on, and suffer. Take his cloak who is hail for a stranger; A pledge from a loose woman’s friend. He who rises at early dawn With shouts to give thanks to his friend, Will be thought to be cursing him. A drizzling shower on a rainy day, And a quarrelsome wifeare a pair. Restrain her P Restrain the north wind i And the scent on your hand §—If you can! As iron sharpens iron, So a man does the face of his friend. Who tends the iig·tree, eats its fruit; And who guards his master is thanked. As water shows a face to a face. So the heart of man, shows to man. The Grave and Destruction are never hiied, And the eyes of man are unsated. Silver by smelting, gold by a furnace, But man is proved by what he praises. If you pound a fool in a mortar with wheat His follies will not depart from him l lllbe lilzrult nf Qliarzfulmess. Carefully learn the state of your flocks; Set your heart on the care of your herds; For wealth will not last for ever, Nor a crown for ages of ages. @tt 3uiumu. When the hay is mown, the pasture grows, And the mountain crops are gathered ; The lambs then find you clothing, And you sell fat goats from the field, And rich milk from the goats to feed you, To feed your house, and nourish your girls. iii): Results of {Exim:. The wicked fly when none pursue, But the good are bold as a lion. By crimes of a land, its Rulers change, But by human prudence endure. A poor man who oppresses the poor, Like a sweeping storm brings want. ®:z Serxh ani! @::24 Qmtinrrt. Forsakers of law, praise the had But who keep the law, reprove them. 8 i .4
