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27:1  Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
27:2  Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
27:3  A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
27:4  Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
27:5  Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
27:7  The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
27:9  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
27:10  Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
27:11  Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
27:12  A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.
27:13  Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
27:14  He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
27:15  A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
27:16  whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
27:17  Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
27:18  Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
27:19  As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
27:20  Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
27:21  The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
27:22  If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
27:23  Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
27:24  for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
27:25  The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
27:26  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
27:27  and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.