Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: 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.
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so too the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10 Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself. The simple pass on, and suffer for it.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be considered a curse to him.
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind, and his right hand encounters oil.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
19 As in water face is to face, so the heart of a man is to a man.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field.
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27 And then will be goats' milk enough for thy food; for the food of thy household, and maintenance for thy maidens.
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
