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  27:1 ¶
Boast not of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what the next day shall 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 thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; 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 sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than 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 merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing. |
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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
Open reproofs are better than secret love. |
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27:5
Open°°
rebuke°
[is] better°
than secret°°
love.°° |
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27:6
The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy. |
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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
A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear 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 when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own 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
The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities. |
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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 when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend [that is] near than a brother living 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
Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words. |
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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 wise man, when evils are approaching, hides himself; but fools pass on, and will be punished. |
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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 away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods. |
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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
Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses [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
On a stormy day drops [of rain] drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman [drive a man] out of his own house. |
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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
The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious. |
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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 sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance. |
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27:17
Iron°
sharpeneth°°
iron;°
so a man°
sharpeneth°°
the countenance°
of his friend.° |
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27:18
He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured. |
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27:18
Whoso keepeth°°
the fig tree°
shall eat°°
the fruit°
thereof: so he that waiteth°°
on his adon°
shall be honoured.°° |
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27:19
As faces are not like [other] faces, so neither are the thoughts of men. |
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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
Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue]. |
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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
Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge. |
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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 scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt [still] in no wise remove his folly 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
Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine 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 a man [has] not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation. |
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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
Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay; |
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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
that thou mayest have [wool of] sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs. |
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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
[My] son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants. |
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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.° |
