Proverbs 27

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 wrath is heavier than them both 4 wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? 5 open rebuke is better than secret love 6 faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful 7 the full soul loatheth an 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 for 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 reproacheth me 12 a prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished 13 take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange 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 whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth 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 so 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 hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied 21 as the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise 22 though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, 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 to every generation? 25 the hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered 26 the lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field 27 and thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens