Proverbs 27:1-27 KJ21

[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 wrath is heavier than them both. [4] Wrath is cruel and anger is outraging, but who is able to stand before envy? [5] Open rebuke is better than secret love. [6] Faithful are the wounds from a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. [7] The full soul loathes 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 who wandereth from his place. [9] Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by counsel from the heart. [10] Thine own friend and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; for 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 foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. [13] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, but take a pledge from him for a strange woman. [14] He that, rising early in the morning, blesseth his friend with a loud voice: it shall be counted as a curse to him. [15] A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. [16] Whosoever would hide her would hide the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which betrayeth 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 honored. [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 refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man tried by praise. [22] Though thou shouldest grind 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 showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered; [26] the lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats pay the price of the field; [27] and thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food for thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.