Proverbs 27

¹Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

²Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

⁴Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

⁵Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

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

⁸As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.

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

¹⁰Thine 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.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

¹²The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

¹³Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

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