Proverbs 27

Proverbs 27:1

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

Be not too jocund, or too confident of that which thou wilt do or have to-morrow; for thou knowest not what changes may fall out in a day.

Proverbs 27:3

A fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

A fool’s wrath is more troublesome to bear, and more intolerable, than they.

Proverbs 27:10

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.

Do not rather make choice, in the day of thine adversity, to repair for comfort to the house of thy brother, than of thy tried and faithful friend; for a true hearted loving neighbour, is better than an overlie and unrespective brother.

Proverbs 27:14

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

The false acclamation and hollowly officious compliment of a formal friend, shall speed no better with a wise man, than if he had entertained him with a curse; and that flattery of his shall turn to a curse upon his own head.

Proverbs 27:16

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

She can no more be hid, than the wind that bloweth upon the face, or the oily substance of the ointment upon the hand; these both of them will be perceived: so will the unquiet spirit of a contentious woman.

Proverbs 27:17

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

As iron or steel getteth an edge by the attrition of metal of the same kind; so by the conversation of one friend with another, are the good parts and faculties of men increased.

Proverbs 27:19

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

As he, that looks into the water, sees there his own face; so he, that looks into his friend’s heart, sees there his own heart.

Proverbs 27:21

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

There is no way so sure to try a man’s discretion and temper, as by praising him: if he be vain and light, he will be puffed up with it; if he be wise and solid, he will be no whit moved therewith.

Proverbs 27:23

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

Be diligent, above all parts of husbandry, in that which concerns thy cattle, whether flocks or herds, as that which affordeth the most certain and constant increase.

Proverbs 27:24

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

For the money, that thou lavest up, and household treasure, is fickle, and subject to sudden loss, and thy honour and dignity will not last always; but the benefit, that arises from thy cattle, continues.

Proverbs 27:25

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself.

For the earth in a constant succession yields thee grass and hay, &c.