Proverbs 27

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1} Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

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

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

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4} Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

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5} Open rebuke is better than secret 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 despises 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 who wanders from his place.

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9} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

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10} Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; 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, so that I may answer him who shames me.

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12} A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

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13} Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman.

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14} He who 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 never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.

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16} Whoever hides her hides the wind, and his right hand encounters slippery oil.

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17} Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.

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18} Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.

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

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20} Hell 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 to his praise.

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22} Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.

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23} Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

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24} For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.

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25} When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,

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26} the lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are 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 a living for your young women.