Proverbs 27

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1} Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

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2} Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

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4} Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which 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 deceitful.

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

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

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9} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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10} Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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

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12} A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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13} Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.

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

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15} A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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16} Whosoever restrains her restrains the wind, or grasps oil with his right hand.

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17} Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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18} Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.

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

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

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21} As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.

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22} Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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23} Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

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24} For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

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25} The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

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26} The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.

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27} And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.