Proverbs 27 : 1 (ASV)
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27 : 2 (ASV)
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27 : 3 (ASV)
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fools vexation is heavier than they both.
Proverbs 27 : 4 (ASV)
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27 : 5 (ASV)
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Proverbs 27 : 6 (ASV)
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27 : 7 (ASV)
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27 : 8 (ASV)
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 27 : 9 (ASV)
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a mans friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Proverbs 27 : 10 (ASV)
Thine own friend, and thy fathers friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brothers house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27 : 11 (ASV)
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27 : 12 (ASV)
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27 : 13 (ASV)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
Proverbs 27 : 14 (ASV)
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27 : 15 (ASV)
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
Proverbs 27 : 16 (ASV)
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
Proverbs 27 : 17 (ASV)
Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27 : 18 (ASV)
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27 : 19 (ASV)
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27 : 20 (ASV)
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27 : 21 (ASV)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
Proverbs 27 : 22 (ASV)
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27 : 23 (ASV)
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
Proverbs 27 : 24 (ASV)
For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
Proverbs 27 : 25 (ASV)
The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Proverbs 27 : 26 (ASV)
The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;
Proverbs 27 : 27 (ASV)
And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
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