Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Proverbs 27:4
Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open reproof than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:7
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.
Proverbs 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.
Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Proverbs 27:12
The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
Proverbs 27:14
Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Proverbs 27:16
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18
The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
Proverbs 27:19
As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Proverbs 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.
Proverbs 27:23
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Proverbs 27:25
Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
Proverbs 27:26
Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,
Proverbs 27:27
And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!