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CHAPTER 27
Boast not thyself of to morrow; 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.
4
Wrath
is
cruel, and anger
is
outrageous; but who
is
able to stand before envy?
5
Open rebuke
is
better than secret love.
6
Faithful
are
the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are
deceitful.
7
The full soul loatheth an
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
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so
doth
the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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.
11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer
him that reproacheth me.
12
A prudent
man
foreseeth the evil,
and
hideth himself;
but
the simple
pass on,
and
are punished.
13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of
him for a strange 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
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,
which
bewrayeth
itself.
17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be
honoured.
19
As in water face
answereth
to face, so the heart of man to man.
20
Hell and destruction
are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21
As
the fining pot for silver, and the furnace
for gold; so
is
a man to his praise.
22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat
with a pestle,
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
to
every generation?
25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the
mountains are gathered.
26
The lambs
are
for thy clothing, and the goats
are
the price of the field.
27
And
thou shalt have
goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and
for
the
maintenance for thy maidens.
CHAPTER 28
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2
For the transgression
of a land many
are
the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding
and
knowledge the state
thereof
shall be prolonged.
3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor
is like
a sweeping rain which
leaveth no food.
4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend
with them.
5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the L
ORD
understand all
things.
6
Better
is
the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than
he that is
perverse
in his
ways, though he
be
rich.
7
Whoso keepeth the law
is
a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous
men
shameth
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