Proverbs 27 — ASVBT

27Verse 1Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
^{Verse 2}Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
^{Verse 3}A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
^{Verse 4}Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
^{Verse 5}Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
^{Verse 6}Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
^{Verse 7}The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
^{Verse 8}As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
^{Verse 9}Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
^{Verse 10}Thine 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.
^{Verse 11}My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
^{Verse 12}A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
^{Verse 13}Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
^{Verse 14}He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
^{Verse 15}A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
^{Verse 16}He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
And his right hand encountereth oil.
^{Verse 17}Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
^{Verse 18}Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
^{Verse 19}As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
^{Verse 20}Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
^{Verse 21}The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by his praise.
^{Verse 22}Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.^{Verse 23}Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
^{Verse 24}For riches are not forever;
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
^{Verse 25}The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
^{Verse 26}The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field;
^{Verse 27}And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And maintenance for thy maidens.