The Proverbs 27

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1 Boast not thyself of to morrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth ⚑

2 Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth a stranger and not thine own lips ⚑

3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both ⚑

4 Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous but who is able to stand before envy ⚑

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love ⚑

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful ⚑

7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet ⚑

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

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel ⚑

10 Thine own friend and thy ather’s friend forsake not neither go into thy other’s house in the day of thy calamity for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off ⚑

11 My son be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproacheth me ⚑

12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself but the simple pass on and are punished ⚑

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him for a strange woman ⚑

14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice rising early in the morning it shall be counted a curse to him ⚑

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike ⚑

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself ⚑

17 Iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend ⚑

18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured ⚑

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

20 Hell and destruction are never full so the eyes of man are never satisfied ⚑

21 As the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold so is a man to his praise ⚑

22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle yet will not his foolishness depart from him ⚑

23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks and look well to thy herds ⚑

24 For riches are not for ever and doth the crown endure to every generation ⚑

25 The hay appeareth and the tender grass sheweth itself and herbs of the mountains are gathered ⚑

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

27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food for the food of thy household and for the maintenance for thy maidens ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain