Proverbs 27:1-22
Authorized (King James) Version
27 Boast not thyself of to morrow;
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.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
but who is able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine 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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,
and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 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 very rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never full;
so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
so is a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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