Proverbs 27:1-10

1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.1

2Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

3A stoneisheavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrathisheavier than both.2 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?34

5Open rebukeisbetter than secret love. 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.5

7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.6

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

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.7 10Thy 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.