Proverbs 27 — ILT
27Verse 1Make no boast for thyself of the coming day; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.Verse 2Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.Verse 3A stone hath heaviness, and the sand, weight; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.Verse 4Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?Verse 5Better is open reproof than concealed love.Verse 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but deceptive are the kisses of an enemy.Verse 7The satisfied soul treadeth under foot fine honey; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Verse 8As a bird that wandereth away from her nest, so is a man that wandereth away from his place.Verse 9Oil and perfume cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one's own counsel.Verse 10Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, thou must not forsake; but into thy brother's house enter not on the day of thy calamity: better is a near neighbor than a distant brother.Verse 11Become wise, my son, and cause my heart to rejoice, that I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.Verse 12The prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.Verse 13Take his garment, for he became surety for a stranger; and on account of an alien woman take a pledge of him.Verse 14When one saluteth his friend with a loud voice, when rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.Verse 15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Verse 16He that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as [fragrant] oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.Verse 17Iron is sharpened by iron: so doth a man sharpen himself on the countenance of his friend.Verse 18Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.Verse 19As the water [showeth] to the face the [reflected] face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.Verse 20The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied.Verse 21[As] the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according to his praise.Verse 22Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.Verse 23Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;Verse 24For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.Verse 25When the grass is past, young verdure showeth itself, and then are gathered the herbs of the mountains.Verse 26The sheep are for thy clothing, and he-goats are the purchase-price of a field.Verse 27And thou wilt have enough of goats' milk for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the support for thy maidens.