Proverbs 27:1-27 MEV

[1] Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. [2] Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your 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 loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. [8] As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place. [9] Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. [10] Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, nor go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off. [11] My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. [12] A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. [13] Take his garment that is security for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for an adulterous woman. [14] He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him. [15] A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; [16] whoever restrains her restrains the wind, and grasps oil in his right hand. [17] Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. [18] Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master will be honored. [19] As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man. [20] Death 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 to his praise. [22] Though you should grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. [23] Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds; [24] for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to every generation. [25] The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. [26] The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. [27] You will have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maidens.