25/02/2024
PROVERBS27
Boast not thyself of to morrow;
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
but who is able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
but the simple pass on, and are punished.
