per of his master, shall be glorified.
27:19. As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so
the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
27:20. Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are
never satisfied.
27:21. As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so
a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the
wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after
knowledge.
27:22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle
striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
27:23. Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider
thy own flocks:
27:24. For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given
to generation and generation.
27:25. The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the
hay is gathered out of the mountains.
27:26. Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
27:27. Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the
necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
Proverbs Chapter 28
28:1. The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as
a lion, shall be without dread.
28:2. For the sins of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the
wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the
life of the prince shall be prolonged.
28:3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower,
which bringeth a famine.
28:4. They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep
it, are incensed against him.
28:5. Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord,
take notice of all things.
28:6. Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in
crooked ways.
28:7. He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth
gluttons, shameth his father.
28:8. He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them
for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
28:9. He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer
shall be an abomination.
28:10. He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own
destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.
28:11. The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is
prudent shall search him out.
28:12. In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked
reign, men are rui
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