Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another 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 [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they 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 standeth 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 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a 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 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 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, 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 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.
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 rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 The prudent hath 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 hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned 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 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, 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 eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is 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 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 thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not 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 well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-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 thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
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.
