Proverbs 27:6-19

⁶The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

⁷The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

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

⁹As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

¹⁰Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.

¹¹My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

¹²A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

¹⁴He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

¹⁵A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

¹⁷Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

¹⁸He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

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