Proverbs 27:1-10

1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

2Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

3A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but excessive the kisses of an enemy.

7One who is full loathes honeycomb, but to one who is hungry every bitter thing is sweet.

8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.

9As ointment and perfume gladden the heart, so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.

10Do not forsake your friend, or your father’s friend, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.