Proverbs 27

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.YLT — Proverbs 27:1

2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.YLT — Proverbs 27:2

3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.YLT — Proverbs 27:3

4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?YLT — Proverbs 27:4

5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.YLT — Proverbs 27:5

6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.YLT — Proverbs 27:6

7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.YLT — Proverbs 27:7

8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.YLT — Proverbs 27:8

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.YLT — Proverbs 27:9

10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.YLT — Proverbs 27:10

11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.YLT — Proverbs 27:11

12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.YLT — Proverbs 27:12

13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.YLT — Proverbs 27:13

14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.YLT — Proverbs 27:14

15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,YLT — Proverbs 27:15

16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.YLT — Proverbs 27:16

17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.YLT — Proverbs 27:17

18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.YLT — Proverbs 27:18

19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.YLT — Proverbs 27:19

20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.YLT — Proverbs 27:20

21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.YLT — Proverbs 27:21

22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.YLT — Proverbs 27:22

23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,YLT — Proverbs 27:23

24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.YLT — Proverbs 27:24

25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.YLT — Proverbs 27:25

26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,YLT — Proverbs 27:26

27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!YLT — Proverbs 27:27