Proverbs 27:1–17

^aBoast not thyself of to morrow;

^aFor thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

^2bLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

³A stone is heavy, and ^cthe sand weighty;

But a ^ccfool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;

But who is able to stand before envy?

^5eOpen rebuke is better than secret love.

^6eFaithful are ^fthe wounds of a friend;

But the ^gkisses of an enemy are deceitful.

⁷The full soul loatheth ^ha honeycomb;

But to the hungry soul ⁱevery bitter thing is sweet.

^8jAs a bird that wandereth from her nest,

So is a man that wandereth from his place.

^9kOintment and perfume rejoice the heart:

So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by ^lhearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and ^mthy father’s friend, forsake not;

Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:

For ⁿbetter is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

^11oMy son, ^pbe wise, and make my heart glad,

That I may ^qanswer ^rhim that reproacheth me.

^12sA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;

But ^tthe simple pass on, and are punished.

^13uTake his garment that is surety for a stranger,

And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,

It shall be counted a curse to him.

^15xA continual dropping in a very rainy day

And a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind,

And the ointment of his right hand, which ^ybewrayeth itself.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron;

So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.