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Proverbs - ch 27 v 1 - 20
- Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
- Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
- A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
- Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
- Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
- A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
- As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
- Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
- Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
- Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
- The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
- Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
- He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
- Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
- He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
- Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
- He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
- As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
- Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
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