Proverbs 27:3-18

³A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; But a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

⁷He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb; But to the hungry any bitter thing is sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from its nest, So is a man who wandereth from his place.

⁹Oil and perfume gladden the heart; Sweet also is one's friend by hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not; And go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

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

¹³Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.

¹⁴He who blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early for it, It shall be accounted to him as a curse.

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a quarrelsome wife are alike.

¹⁶He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.

¹⁸He that watcheth the fig-tree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.