Proverbs 27
1 Boast not for tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
