Proverbs 27

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

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

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

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4} Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; 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 lotheth a honey-comb; 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: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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10} Thy 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 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 reproacheth me.

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

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13} Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him 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 counted a curse to him.

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15} A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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16} Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself.

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

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18} He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

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19} As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man 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 fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

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22} Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

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

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24} For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

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25} The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

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

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27} And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.