PROVERBS 27:1-16

¹Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s vexation is heavier than them both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁷The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine 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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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

¹²A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.

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

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

¹⁶He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.