RWebster - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

27:2  Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

27:3  A stoneisheavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrathisheavier than both.

27:4  Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

27:5  Open rebukeisbetter than secret love.

27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

27:7  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

27:8  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

27:9  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

27:10  Thy 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.

27:11  My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

27:12  A prudentmanforeseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

27:13  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for adulteress.

27:14  He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

27:15  A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

27:16  Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayeth itself .

27:17  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

27:18  He that keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

27:19  As in water faceanswereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

27:20  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

27:21  As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

27:22  Though thou shouldest crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

27:23  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

27:24  For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

27:25  The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

27:26  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

27:27  And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.