The Proverbs

27: 1Boast not thyself of tomorrow;

 For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

 ^27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

 A stranger, and not thine own lips.

 ^27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;

 But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

 ^27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;

 But who is able to stand before jealousy?

 ^27:5Better is open rebuke

 Than love that is hidden.

 ^27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

 But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

 ^27:7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;

 But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

 ^27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,

 So is a man that wandereth from his place.

 ^27:9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;

 So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

 ^27:10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;

 And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:

 Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

 ^27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,

 That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

 ^27:12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;

 But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

 ^27:13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;

 And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

 ^27:14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,

 It shall be counted a curse to him.

 ^27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day

 And a contentious woman are alike:

 ^27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;

 And his right hand encountereth oil.

 ^27:17Iron sharpeneth iron;

 So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

 ^27:18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;

 And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

 ^27:19As in water face answereth to face,

 So the heart of man to man.

 ^27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;

 And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

 ^27:21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;

 And a man is tried by his praise.

 ^27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,

 Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
 
 

 ^27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,

 And look well to thy herds:

 ^27:24For riches are not for ever:

 And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

 ^27:25The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,

 And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

 ^27:26The lambs are for thy clothing,

 And the goats are the price of the field;

 ^27:27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,

 And maintenance for thy maidens.