27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? 27:5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. 27:7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. 27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel. 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. 27:12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman. 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: 27:16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. 27:19 As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man. 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 27:21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise. 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: 27:24 For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? 27:25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; 27:27 And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.