Proverbs 27
1 Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you 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 you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your 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 wrath is heavier than them 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 outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 The full soul loathes an 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 that wanders from his place.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does 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 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 neighbour that is near 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 that reproaches me.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted 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 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayed itself.
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 Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
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 answers to face, so the heart of man to 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 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness 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 you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
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 let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
