Proverbs 27 — DBY
27Verse 1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.Verse 2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.Verse 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.Verse 4Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?Verse 5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.Verse 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.Verse 7The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Verse 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.Verse 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.Verse 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.Verse 11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.Verse 12A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.Verse 13Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.Verse 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.Verse 15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:Verse 16whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.Verse 17Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Verse 18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.Verse 19As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.Verse 20Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Verse 21The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.Verse 22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.Verse 23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:Verse 24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?Verse 25The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.Verse 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;Verse 27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.