Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; 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 praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own 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] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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.
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [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 take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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 blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance 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 eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
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.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
[As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
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 shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
