Proverbs 27:12-25

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 foreign 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.

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

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

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

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

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

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

²⁴For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

²⁵The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.