Proverbs 27
1 Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Let another 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.
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
10 Your own friend, and your father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
12 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.
The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
19 As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
23 Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
27 And you shall have goats’ milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
