Proverbs (Sentences), 27

[1] Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

[2] Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. •

[3] A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. •

[4] Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked? •

[5] Open rebuke is better than hidden love. •

[6] Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. •

[7] A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. •

[8] As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. •

[9] Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. •

[10] Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off. •

[11] Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth. •

[12] The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. •

[13] Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers. •

[14] He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. •

[15] Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. •

[16] He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand. •

[17] Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. •

[18] He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. •

[19] As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise. •

[20] Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. •

[21] As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge. •

[22] Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. •

[23] Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks: •

[24] For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation. •

[25] The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

[26] Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field. •

[27] Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. •