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Chapter summary
'Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' (James 4 takes it up).
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Chapter summary
'Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' (James 4 takes it up).
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'Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' (James 4 takes it up). Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.' Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart. 'Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.' As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. The chapter ends in pastoral economics: 'Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks', riches are not for ever.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.
Context
Poetry · Solomon, Agur, Lemuel — Proverbs overview
- A. 1–14 Boast Not of Tomorrow; Faithful Are the Wounds of a Friend
- B. 15–27 Iron Sharpeneth Iron; Know Well the State of Thy Flocks
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