Proverbs 27:11-22

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

¹²A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him 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.

¹⁶Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

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

²⁰Hell and destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.