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  27:1 ¶
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
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27:1 ¶
Boast°°
not thyself°°
of to morrow;°°
for°
thou knowest°°
not°
what°
a day°
may bring forth.°° |
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27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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27:2
Let another man°°
praise°°
thee, and not°
thine own mouth;°
a stranger,°
and not°
thine own lips.° |
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27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. |
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27:3
A stone°
[is] heavy,°
and the sand°
weighty;°
but a fool's°
wrath°
[is] heavier°
than them both.°° |
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27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? |
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27:4
Wrath°
[is] cruel,°
and anger°
[is] outrageous;°
but who°
[is] able to stand°°
before°
envy?° |
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27:5
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. |
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27:5
Open°°
rebuke°
[is] better°
than secret°°
love.°° |
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27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. |
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27:6
Faithful°°
[are] the wounds°
of a friend;°°
but the kisses°
of an enemy°°
[are] deceitful.°° |
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27:7
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
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27:7
The full°
soul°
loatheth°°
an honeycomb;°
but to the hungry°
soul°
every°
bitter thing°
is sweet.° |
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27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. |
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27:8
As a bird°
that wandereth°°
from°
her nest,°
so°
[is] a man°
that wandereth°°
from his place.°° |
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27:9
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel. |
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27:9
Ointment°
and perfume°
rejoice°°
the heart:°
so [doth] the sweetness°
of a man's friend°
by hearty°
counsel.°°° |
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27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. |
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27:10
Thine own friend,°
and thy father's°
friend,°
forsake°°
not;°
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.° |
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27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
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27:11
My son,°
be wise,°°
and make my heart°
glad,°°
that I may answer°°°
him that reproacheth°°
me. |
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27:12
A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it. |
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27:12
A prudent°
[man] foreseeth°°
the evil,°
[and] hideth°°
himself;°
[but] the simple°
pass on,°°
[and] are punished.°° |
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27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman. |
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27:13
Take°°
his garment°
that°
is surety°°
for a stranger,°°
and take a pledge°°
of him for°
a strange woman.° |
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27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. |
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27:14
He that blesseth°°
his friend°
with a loud°
voice,°
rising early°°
in the morning,°
it shall be counted°°
a curse°
to him. |
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27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: |
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27:15
A continual°°
dropping°
in a very rainy°
day°
and a contentious°°°
woman°
are alike.°° |
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27:16
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. |
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27:16
Whosoever hideth°°
her hideth°°
the wind,°
and the ointment°
of his right hand,°
[which] bewrayeth°°
[itself]. |
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27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
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27:17
Iron°
sharpeneth°°
iron;°
so a man°
sharpeneth°°
the countenance°
of his friend.° |
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27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. |
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27:18
Whoso keepeth°°
the fig tree°
shall eat°°
the fruit°
thereof: so he that waiteth°°
on his master°
shall be honoured.°° |
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27:19
As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man. |
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27:19
As in water°
face°
[answereth] to face,°
so°
the heart°
of man°
to man.° |
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27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
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27:20
Hell°
and destruction°°°
are never°
full;°°
so the eyes°
of man°
are never°
satisfied.°° |
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27:21
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise. |
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27:21
[As] the fining pot°
for silver,°
and the furnace°
for gold;°
so [is] a man°
to°
his praise.° |
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27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
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27:22
Though°
thou shouldest bray°°°
a fool°
in a mortar°
among°
wheat°
with a pestle,°
[yet] will not°
his foolishness°
depart°°
from°°
him. |
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27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds: |
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27:23
Be thou diligent°°
to know°°
the state°
of thy flocks,°
[and] look°°°
well°
to thy herds.° |
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27:24
For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? |
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27:24
For°
riches°
[are] not°
for ever:°
and doth°
the crown°
[endure] to every°
generation?° |
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27:25
The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. |
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27:25
The hay°
appeareth,°°
and the tender grass°
sheweth°°
itself,°
and herbs°
of the mountains°
are gathered.°° |
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27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; |
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27:26
The lambs°
[are] for thy clothing,°
and the goats°
[are] the price°
of the field.° |
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27:27
And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens. |
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27:27
And [thou shalt have] goats'°
milk°
enough°
for thy food,°
for the food°
of thy household,°
and [for] the maintenance°
for thy maidens.° |
