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And I return my reproacher a word.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/proverbs/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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