Proverbs 27
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Proverbs 27
1¶ Boast not thyself of tomorrow 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.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is impetuous, but who is able to stand before envy?
5¶ Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7¶ The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8¶ As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
9¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father’s friend, neither go into thy brother’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 reproaches me.
12¶ A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are hurt by it.
13¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
14¶ He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15¶ A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries out.
17¶ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18¶ Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
19¶ As in water face corresponds to face, so the heart of man to man.
20¶ Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21¶ As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.
22¶ Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23¶ Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation?
25The tender grass shows itself, and the hay appears, and the herbs of the mountains are reaped.
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.
27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend:
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb:
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me
12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself:
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind,
And his right hand encountereth oil.
17Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
And a man is tried by his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
24For riches are not for ever;
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
25The hay is carried, and the tender grass sheweth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field:
27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household;
And maintenance for thy maidens.
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