Proverbs 27

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

5 Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

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

21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered,

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

1 ¶ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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

3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.

4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

5 ¶ Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.

6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.

7 ¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8 ¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.

9 ¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

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

12 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

13 ¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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

15 ¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

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

18 ¶ Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

19 ¶ As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

20 ¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 ¶ [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

22 ¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?

25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.

1 Boast not thyself of the morrow: for thou knowest not what may come to pass to day.

2 Let another praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 Is heavy, and sand is burden; but the fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.

4 Anger is a fierce thing, and wrath is fierce: and who can stand before envy?

5 public punishment is better than secret love.

6 The blows of the lover are well meant: but the kissing of the hater is a whisper.

7 A full soul treadeth honeycomb: but to a hungry soul all bitter things are sweet.

8 As a bird is that departeth from his nest, so is he that departeth from his place.

9 The heart rejoiceth in ointment and incense: but a friend is sweet for the counsel of the soul.

10 Forsake not thy friend, nor thy father's friend. And go not into thy brother's house, when thou art in evil: for a neighbour is better near, than a brother far off.

11 Be wise, my son, and my heart will rejoice; and I will answer him that reproacheth me.

12 A witty man seeth misfortune, and hideth himself: but the foolish pass through, and suffer harm.

13 Take away the garment of him that is a surety for another, and seize him for the stranger's sake.

14 Whosoever blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, and riseth up early, it shall be cursed for him.

15 A quarrelsome woman, and a continual drifting, when it rains very hard, are well compared together.

16 He that stoppeth them holdeth the wind, and will lay hold on the oil with his hand.

17 One knife sharpeneth another, and one man another.

18 He that keepeth his fig tree eateth fruit of it: and he that keepeth his master is honoured.

19 As the shadow of the waters is against the face, so is the heart of man against the other.

20 Hell and corruption shall never be full, neither shall men's eyes be full.

21 A man is proved by the mouth of praise, as silver in a crucible, and gold in a furnace.

22 If thou pound the fool in the mortar with the pestle as groats, his foolishness shall not depart from him.

23 Take heed to thy sheep, and look after thy flock;

24 For good endureth not for ever, neither doth the crown endure for ever.

25 The hay is risen, and the grass is there, and the herbage is gathered upon the mountains.

26 The lambs shall clothe thee, and the goats shall give thee the money of the field.

27 Thou hast goats' milk enough for the food of thy house, and for the food of thy maidens.