pro 27:1

  Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

pro 27:2

  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

pro 27:3

  A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

pro 27:4

  Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

pro 27:5

  Open rebuke is better than secret love.

pro 27:6

  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

pro 27:7

  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

pro 27:8

  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

pro 27:9

  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

pro 27:10

  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.

pro 27:11

  My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

pro 27:12

  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

pro 27:13

  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

pro 27:14

  He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

pro 27:15

  A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

pro 27:16

  Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

pro 27:17

  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

pro 27:18

  Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

pro 27:19

  As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

pro 27:20

  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

pro 27:21

  As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

pro 27:22

  Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

pro 27:23

  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

pro 27:24

  For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

pro 27:25

  The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

pro 27:26

  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

pro 27:27

  And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.