Proverbios 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 vexation is heavier than they both. ⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? ⁵ Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. ⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. ⁷ The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. ⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; that cometh of hearty counsel. ¹⁰ Thine 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 neighbor that is near than a brother far off. ¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. ¹² A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. ¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; that is surety for a foreign woman. ¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. ¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: ¹⁶ He that would restrain her __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew hideth. __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ restraineth the wind; __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 27:16 Or, the oil of his right hand betrayeth itself __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ his right hand encountereth oil. ¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ¹⁸ Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. ¹⁹ __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 27:19 Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth man to man __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man. ²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. ²¹ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; tried by his praise. ²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. ²³ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: ²⁴ For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations? ²⁵ The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. ²⁶ The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; ²⁷ And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.