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Rh :Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
 * But who is able to stand before jealousy?


 * Better is open rebuke
 * Than love that is hidden.


 * Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
 * But the kisses of an enemy are importunate.


 * The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
 * But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.


 * As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
 * So is a man that wandereth from his place.


 * Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart;
 * So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.


 * Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
 * Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity;
 * Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.


 * My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
 * That I may answer him that taunteth me.


 * A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
 * But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.


 * Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
 * And hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.


 * He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
 * It shall be counted a curse to him.


 * A continual dropping in a very rainy day
 * And a contentious woman are alike;
 * He that would hide her hideth the wind,
 * And the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.


 * Iron sharpeneth iron;
 * So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.


 * Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
 * And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.


 * As in water face answereth to face,
 * So the heart of man to man.


 * The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated;
 * So the eyes of man are never satiated.


 * The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
 * And a man is tried by his praise.


 * Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats,
 * Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.


 * Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
 * And look well to thy herds;
 * For riches are not for ever;
 * And doth the crown endure unto all generations?