Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest 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 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 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 loatheth 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 wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth 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 doth the sweetness of a man’s friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: 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 reproacheth me.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself: [but] 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 that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge [that 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 that blesseth 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 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth 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 [answereth] 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 The fining 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 shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, 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 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 for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass sheweth 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 price of the field:
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27 And [there 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.
