geneva - 27

geneva@Proverbs:27:1 @ Boast not thyself of to (note:)Do not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.(:note) morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

geneva@Proverbs:27:2 @ Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

geneva@Proverbs:27:3 @ A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

geneva@Proverbs:27:4 @ Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before (note:)For the envious are obstinate, and cannot be reconciled.(:note) envy?

geneva@Proverbs:27:5 @ Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

geneva@Proverbs:27:6 @ Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] (note:)They are flattering and seem friendly.(:note) deceitful.

geneva@Proverbs:27:7 @ The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

geneva@Proverbs:27:8 @ As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

geneva@Proverbs:27:9 @ As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

geneva@Proverbs:27:10 @ Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's (note:)Do not trust any worldly help in the day of your trouble.(:note) house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

geneva@Proverbs:27:11 @ My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

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geneva@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

geneva@Proverbs:27:14 @ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising (note:)Hastily and without cause.(:note) early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

geneva@Proverbs:27:15 @ A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

geneva@Proverbs:27:16 @ He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

geneva@Proverbs:27:17 @ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a (note:)One hasty man provokes another to anger.(:note) man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

geneva@Proverbs:27:18 @ He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

geneva@Proverbs:27:19 @ As in water face [answereth] to face, (note:)There is no difference between men by nature, only the grace of God makes the difference.(:note) so the heart of man to man.

geneva@Proverbs:27:20 @ The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

geneva@Proverbs:27:21 @ [As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his (note:)That is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest.(:note) praise.

geneva@Proverbs: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.

geneva@Proverbs:27:23 @ Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

geneva@Proverbs:27:24 @ For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

geneva@Proverbs:27:25 @ The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.

geneva@Proverbs:27:26 @ The (note:)This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.(:note) lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

geneva@Proverbs: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.

Proverbs 27