27Proverbs 27

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

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

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

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

5Better is open reproof than hidden love.Select Proverbs 27:5

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

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

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

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

10Thine 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.Select Proverbs 27:10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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