| 27:1 | Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
| 27:2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
| 27:3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
| 27:4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? |
| 27:5 | Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
| 27:6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
| 27:7 | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
| 27:8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
| 27:9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
| 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. |
| 27:11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
| 27:11 | 我兒、你要作智慧人、好叫我的心歡喜、使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。 |
| 27:11 | 我儿，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心喜欢，使我可以回答那讥笑我的人。 |
| pro:10:1 | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| pro:23:15 | My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. |
| pro:23:24 | The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. |
| psm:119:42 | So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. |
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| 27:12 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
| 27:13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| 27:14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| 27:15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
| 27:16 | Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
| 27:17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| 27:18 | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| 27:19 | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
| 27:20 | Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
| 27:21 | As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
| 27:22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
| 27:23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. |
| 27:24 | For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
| 27:25 | The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
| 27:26 | The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. |
| 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. |
