Proverbs 27 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Boast not thyself of to-morrow;\par\tab For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;\par\tab A stranger, and not thine own lips.

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;\par\tab But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;\par\tab But who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵ Better is open rebuke\par\tab Than love that is hidden.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend;\par\tab But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁷ The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;\par\tab But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest,\par\tab So is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;\par\tab So doth the sweetness of a man's friend {\i that cometh} of hearty counsel.

¹⁰ Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;\par\tab And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:\par\tab Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,\par\tab That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

¹² A prudent man seeth the evil, {\i and} hideth himself;\par\tab {\i But} the simple pass on, {\i and} suffer for it.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;\par\tab And hold him in pledge {\i that is surety} for a foreign woman.

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,\par\tab It shall be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day\par\tab And a contentious woman are alike:

¹⁶ He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;\par\tab And his right hand encountereth oil.

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron;\par\tab So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸ Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;\par\tab And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

¹⁹ As in water face {\i answereth} to face,\par\tab So the heart of man to man.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;\par\tab And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;\par\tab And a man is {\i tried} by his praise.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,\par\tab Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.\par

²³ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,\par\tab {\i And} look well to thy herds:

²⁴ For riches are not for ever:\par\tab And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

²⁵ The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,\par\tab And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

²⁶ The lambs are for thy clothing,\par\tab And the goats are the price of the field;

²⁷ And {\i there will be} goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,\par\tab And maintenance for thy maidens.\par