[[Proverbs 26|<< Proverbs 26]] | [[Proverbs|Proverbs]] | [[Proverbs 28|Proverbs 28 >>]] ### Proverbs 27 1 BOAST not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. ^1 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. ^2 3 A stone _is_ heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath _is_ heavier than them both. ^3 4 Wrath _is_ cruel, and anger _is_ outrageous; but who _is_ able to stand before envy? ^4 5 Open rebuke _is_ better than secret love. ^5 6 Faithful _are_ the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy _are_ deceitful. ^6 7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ^7 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so _is_ a man that wanders from his place. ^8 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so _doth_ the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. ^9 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 neighbor _that_ _is_ near than a brother far off. ^10 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me. ^11 12 A prudent _man_ foresees the evil, _and_ hides himself; _but_ the simple pass on, _and_ are punished. ^12 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. ^13 14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. ^14 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ^15 16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, _which_ betrays _itself_. ^16 17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. ^17 18 Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored. ^18 19 As in water face _answers_ to face, so the heart of man to man. ^19 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ^20 21 _As_ the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so _is_ a man to his praise. ^21 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, _yet_ will not his foolishness depart from him. ^22 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, _and_ look well to thy herds. ^23 24 For riches _are_ not for ever: and doth the crown _endure_ to every generation? ^24 25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. ^25 26 The lambs _are_ for thy clothing, and the goats _are_ the price of the field. ^26 27 And _thou_ _shalt_ _have_ goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and _for_ the maintenance for thy maidens. ^27