Proverbs 27:1-16 ▼

1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

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

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

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

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

10 Thine 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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