Proverbs 27
Darby's Bible - Proverbs 27 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 27:1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. 27:2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool`s vexation is heavier than them both. 27:4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? 27:5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. 27:7 The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one`s friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel. 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father`s friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother`s house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. 27:12 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished. 27:13 Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman. 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him. 27:15 A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: 27:16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil. 27:17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured. 27:19 As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man. 27:20 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 27:21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him. 27:22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. 27:23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: 27:24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation? 27:25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; 27:27 and there is goats` milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.