PROVERBS 27:12-27

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.

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 waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

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 fining 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 among bruised corn, 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 sheweth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field:

²⁷And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.