| Chapter
27 |
| 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 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. |
|
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. |
