Provérbios 27

¹ Boast not thyself of toDo not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

² Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

³ A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

⁴ Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand beforeFor the envious are obstinate, and cannot be reconciled.envy?

⁵ Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

⁶ Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are]They are flattering and seem friendly.deceitful.

⁷ The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

⁸ As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

⁹ As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

¹⁰ Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother'sDo not trust any worldly help in the day of your trouble.house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

¹¹ My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

¹² {{See Pro_22:3}}A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, risingHastily and without cause.early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵ A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶ He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; so aOne hasty man provokes another to anger.man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸ He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

¹⁹ As in water face [answereth] to face,There is no difference between men by nature, only the grace of God makes the difference.so the heart of man to man.

²⁰ The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

²¹ [As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to hisThat is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest.praise.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

²³ Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

²⁴ For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

²⁵ The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.

²⁶ TheThis declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

²⁷ And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.