Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another 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 [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10 Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, A near neighbor [is] better 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 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing 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 day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is 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 the face [is] 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 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off 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 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
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.
