Proverbs 27

27^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.

^4†Wrath 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 ^han 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.

^18zWhoso ^akeepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:

So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

¹⁹As in water ^aaface answereth to face,

So the heart of man to man.

^20bHell and destruction ^care ^†never full;

So ^dthe eyes of man ^eare never satisfied.

^21fAs the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;

^gSo is a man ^hto his praise.

²²ⁱThough thou shouldest bray a fool in a ^kmortar among ^lwheat with a pestle,

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 ^†to every generation?

^25mThe hay appeareth, and the ⁿtender grass sheweth itself,

And ^mherbs of the mountains are gathered.

^26oThe lambs are for ^pthy clothing,

And the goats are the price of the field.

²⁷And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for ^pthy food,

For the food of thy household,

And for the ^†maintenance for thy maidens.