Proverbs 27:1-24

¹Have thou not glory of the morrow, that knowest not what thing the day coming shall bring forth.

²Another man, and not thy mouth praise thee; a stranger, and not thy lips.

³A stone is heavy, and gravel is chargeous; but the ire or the wrath of a fool is heavier than ever either.

⁴Ire or Wrath hath no mercy, and strong vengeance breaking out hath no mercy; and who may suffer the fierceness of a spirit stirred?

⁵Better is open reproving, than a love hid. Better is open amending, than hid love.

⁶Better be the wounds of him that loveth, than the guileful kisses of him that hateth.

⁷A man ful filled shall despise an honeycomb; but an hungry man shall take, yea, bitter thing for sweet.

⁸As a bird passing over from his nest, so is a man that forsaketh his place.

⁹The heart delighteth in ointment, and diverse odours; and a soul is made sweet by the good counsels of a friend.

¹⁰Forsake thou not thy friend, and the friend of thy father; and enter thou not into the house of thy brother, in the day of thy torment. Better is a neighbour nigh, than a brother afar.

¹¹My son, study thou about wisdom, and make thou glad mine heart; that thou mayest answer a word to a despiser.

¹²A fell man seeing evil was hid; little men of wit passing forth suffered harms.

¹³Take thou away his cloth, that promised for a stranger; and take thou away a wed from him for an alien man.

¹⁴He that blesseth his neighbour with a great voice; and riseth by night, shall be like him that curseth.

¹⁵Roofs dropping in the day of cold, and a woman full of chiding, be likened together.

¹⁶He that withholdeth her, as if he holdeth or held the wind; and voideth out the oil of his right hand.

¹⁷Iron is whetted by iron; and a man whetteth the face of his friend.

¹⁸He that keepeth a fig tree, shall eat the fruits thereof; and he that is a keeper of his lord, shall be glorified.

¹⁹As the cheers of men beholding themselves shine in waters; so the hearts of men be open to prudent men.

²⁰Hell and perdition shall not be filled; so and the eyes of men be not able to be filled or be unfillable.

²¹As silver is proved in a welling place, and gold is proved in a furnace; so a man is proved by the mouth of his praisers.

²²Though thou poundedest a fool in a mortar, as with a pestle smiting above dried barley, his folly shall not be done away from him.

²³Know thou diligently the cheer of thy beast; and behold thou thy flocks.

²⁴For thou shalt not have power continually; but a crown shall be given to thee in generation and into generations.