Proverbs 27:11-20

¹¹My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

¹²A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

¹⁴He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

¹⁵A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

¹⁷Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

¹⁸He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

¹⁹As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

²⁰The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.