Proverbs 27

¹Boast not thyself of to-morrow;

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

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;

⁵Better is open rebuke

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

⁷The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest,

⁹Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;

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

¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,

¹²A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;

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

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day

¹⁶He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron;

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;

¹⁹As in water face answereth to face,

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;

²¹The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,

²⁴For riches are not for ever;

²⁵The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing,

²⁷And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,