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Proverbs - ch 27 v 1 - 20
- Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
- Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
- A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
- Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
- Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
- A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
- Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
- Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
- Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
- A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
- A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
- restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
- Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
- Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
- As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
- Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.
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