Proverbs 27

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1} Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

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2} Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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3} A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

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4} Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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5} Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

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6} Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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7} The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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8} As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

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9} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.

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10} Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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11} Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

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12} A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.

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13} Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.

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

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15} A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

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16} whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

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17} Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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18} Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

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19} As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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20} Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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21} The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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22} If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

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23} Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

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24} for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

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25} The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

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26} The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;

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27} and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.