Proverbs — Chapter 27
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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.→