YLT - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

27:2  Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

27:3  A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

27:4  Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

27:5  Better is open reproof than hidden love.

27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

27:7  A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

27:8  As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.

27:9  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

27:10  Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

27:11  Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

27:12  The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

27:13  Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

27:14  Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

27:15  A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

27:16  Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

27:17  Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

27:18  The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

27:19  As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

27:20  Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

27:21  A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

27:22  If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things--with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

27:23  Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

27:24  For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

27:25  Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

27:26  Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,

27:27  And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!