Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not
thine own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier
than them both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before
envy?
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter
thing is sweet.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from
his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend by hearty counsel.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; 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.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that
reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass
on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are
alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,
which bewrayeth itself.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to
his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy
herds.
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the
mountains are gathered.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy
household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 27
