27Proverbs 27

CHAP. XXVII. / 1 Obseruations of selfe loue: 5 of true loue: 11 of care to auoid offences: 23 and of the housholde care.

1Boast not thy selfe of to morrow: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.Select Proverbs 27:1

2Let another man praise thee, and not thine owne mouth; a stranger, and not thine owne lips.Select Proverbs 27:2

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

4Wrath is cruell, and anger is outragious: but who is able to stand before enuie?Select Proverbs 27:4

5Open rebuke is better then secret loue.Select Proverbs 27:5

6Faithfull are the woundes of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are deceitfull.Select Proverbs 27:6

7The full soule loatheth an honie combe: but to the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.Select Proverbs 27:7

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

9Oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart: so doeth the sweetnesse of a mans friend by heartie counsell.Select Proverbs 27:9

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

11My sonne, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.Select Proverbs 27:11

12A prudent man foreseeth the euil, and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe on, and are punished.Select Proverbs 27:12

13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Select Proverbs 27:13

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

15A continuall dropping in a very rainie day, and a contentious woman, are alike.Select Proverbs 27:15

16Whosoeuer hideth her, hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which be wrayeth it selfe.Select Proverbs 27:16

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

18Whoso keepeth the figtree, shall eate the fruit therof: so he that waiteth on his master, shall be honoured.Select Proverbs 27:18

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

20Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied.Select Proverbs 27:20

21As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.Select Proverbs 27:21

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

23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy flocks, and looke well to thy herds.Select Proverbs 27:23

24For riches are not for euer: and doth the crowne endure to euery generation?Select Proverbs 27:24

25The hay appeareth, and the tender grasse sheweth it selfe, and herbes of the mountaines are gathered.Select Proverbs 27:25

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

27And thou shalt haue goats milke enough for thy food, for the food of thy houshold, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.Select Proverbs 27:27