Proverbs

Chapter 27

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¹Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.19 sermons²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.7 sermons³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.6 sermons⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?10 sermons⁵Open rebuke is better than secret love.6 sermons⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.8 sermons⁷The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.6 sermons⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.5 sermons⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.5 sermons¹⁰Thine 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.4 sermons¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.3 sermons¹²A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.4 sermons¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.3 sermons¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.3 sermons¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.3 sermons¹⁶Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.3 sermons¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.7 sermons¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.7 sermons¹⁹As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.4 sermons²⁰Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.11 sermons²¹As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.5 sermons²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.4 sermons²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.10 sermons²⁴For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?12 sermons²⁵The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.8 sermons²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.12 sermons²⁷And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.5 sermons