Proverbs 27:5-19

⁵Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

⁷The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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

¹²A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien 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 hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.

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.