Proverbs 27:1 - 27:27 | ASV

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¹Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁷The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend `that cometh' of hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

¹²A prudent man seeth the evil, `and' hideth himself; `But' the simple pass on, `and' suffer for it.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for a foreign woman.

¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

¹⁶He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

¹⁹As in water face `answereth' to face, So the heart of man to man.

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is `tried' by his praise.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, `And' look well to thy herds:

²⁴For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

²⁵The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;

²⁷And `there will be' goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

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