Geneva1599 - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

27:2  Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

27:3  A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

27:4  Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

27:5  Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

27:6  The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

27:7  The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

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

27:9  As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

27:10  Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.

27:11  My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

27:12  A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

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

27:14  He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

27:15  A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

27:16  He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

27:17  Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

27:18  He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

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

27:20  The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

27:21  As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

27:22  Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

27:23  Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

27:24  For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

27:25  The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.

27:26  The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.

27:27  And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.