Proverbs 27
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| 1 | Boast not thyself of to- morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
| 2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. |
| 3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. |
| 4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? |
| 5 | Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. |
| 6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are importunate. |
| 7 | The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| 8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. |
| 9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. |
| 10 | Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity; Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. |
| 11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that taunteth me. |
| 12 | A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished. |
| 13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman. |
| 14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. |
| 15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike; |
| 16 | He that would hide her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself. |
| 17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| 18 | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| 19 | As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man. |
| 20 | The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; So the eyes of man are never satiated. |
| 21 | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, And a man is tried by his praise. |
| 22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
| 23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds; |
| 24 | For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations? |
| 25 | When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in; |
| 26 | The lambs will be for thy clothing, And the goats the price for a field. . |
| 27 | And there will be goats’milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens. |