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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.
27:12	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.


27:1	Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
27:2	Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
27:3	A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
27:4	Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
27:5	Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
27:6	The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
27:7	The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
27:8	As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
27:9	As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
27:10	Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
27:11	My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
27:12	A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
27:13	Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
27:14	He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
27:15	A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
27:16	He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
27:17	Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
27:18	He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
27:19	As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
27:20	The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
27:21	As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
27:22	Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
27:23	Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
27:24	For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
27:25	The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
27:26	The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27:27	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.


27:1	Make not thy boost of to morowe for thou knowest not what maye happen to daye.
27:2	Let another man prayse the, and not thyne awne mouth: yee other folckes lyppes, and not thyne.
27:3	The stone is heuy and the sande weyghtye: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then them both.
27:4	Wrath is a cruell thinge and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abyde enuye?
27:5	An open rebuke is better then a secrete loue.
27:6	Faythfull are the woundes of a louer, but the kysses of an enemye are cruell.
27:7	He that is full, abhoreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hongrye, euery sowre thinge is swete.
27:8	He that oft tymes flytteth, is lyke a byrde that forsaketh her nest.
27:9	Balme and swete encense make the hert mery: so is the swete counsell of a mans frende that agreeth to his purpose.
27:10	Thyne awne frende and thy fathers frende se thou forsake not: but go not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble. For better is a frende at hand then a brother farre of.
27:11	My sonne, be wyse, and thou shalt make me a glad herte so that I shall make answere vnto my rebukers.
27:12	A wyse man seynge the plage. wyll hyde hym selfe, as for fooles they go on styll, and suffer harme.
27:13	Take hys garment that is suertye for a straunger, and take a pledge of him for the vnknowen mans sake.
27:14	He that is to hastye to prayse hys neyghboure aboue measure, shalbe taken as one that geueth hym an euell reporte.
27:15	A braulynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynye daye, maye well be compared together.
27:16	He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, & holdeth oyle fast in hys hande.
27:17	Lyke as one yron whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.
27:18	Who so kepeth hys fygge tre, shall enioye the frutes therof: euen so, he that wayteth vpon his master, shall come to honoure.
27:19	Lyke as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, euen so diuerse men haue diuerse hertes.
27:20	Lyke as hell and destruccyon are neuer full, euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfyed.
27:21	Syluer is tryed in the moulde, and golde in the fornace, and so is a man, when he is openly praysed to hys face.
27:22	Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter lyke frumentye corne, yet will not hys foolyshnesse go from hym.
27:23	Se that thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy selfe, & loke well to thy flockes.
27:24	For ryches abyde not alwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.
27:25	The heye groweth, the grasse commeth vp, & herbes are gathered in the mountaynes.
27:26	The lambes shall clothe the and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry.
27:27	Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde, and to susteyne thy maydens.

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