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Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:10 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 11, "text": "Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:11 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 12, "text": "The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:12 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 13, "text": "Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:13 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 14, "text": "He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:14 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 15, "text": "Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:15 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 16, "text": "He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:16 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 17, "text": "Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:17 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 18, "text": "He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:18 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 19, "text": "As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:19 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 20, "text": "Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:20 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 21, "text": "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.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:21 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 22, "text": "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.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:22 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 23, "text": "Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:", "citation": "Proverbs 27:23 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 24, "text": "For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:24 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 25, "text": "The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:25 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 26, "text": "Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:26 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 27, "text": "Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.", "citation": "Proverbs 27:27 (Douay-Rheims)" } ] }