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Proverbs 27:12

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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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  1. Proverbs 27:10

    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

  2. Proverbs 27:11

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

  3. Proverbs 27:13

    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  4. Proverbs 27:14

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.