engKJVCPB: Proverbs 27

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[1] 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 a 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.

[23] Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,

And look well to thy herds.

[24] For riches are not for ever:

And doth the crown endure to every generation?

[25] The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself,

And herbs of the mountains are gathered.

[26] The lambs are for thy clothing,

And the goats are the price of the field.

[27] And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food,

For the food of thy household,

And for the maintenance for thy maidens.

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