Proverbs 27

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

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

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

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

5Open rebuke
is better than secret love.

6Faithful
are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

7The full soul
loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul
every bitter thing is sweet.

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

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

10Thine 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 neighbour
that is near
than a brother far off.

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

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

13Take his garment
that is surety
for a stranger, and
take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.

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

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

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

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

18Whoso keepeth
the fig tree
shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth
on his master
shall be honoured.

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

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

21As the fining pot
for silver, and
the furnace for gold;
so is a man
to his praise.

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

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

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

25The hay appeareth, and
the tender grass
sheweth itself, and
herbs of the mountains
are gathered.

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

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