noyes - 27

noyes@Proverbs:27:1 @ Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth!

noyes@Proverbs:27:2 @ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

noyes@Proverbs:27:3 @ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; But a fools wrath is heavier than both.

noyes@Proverbs:27:4 @ Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

noyes@Proverbs:27:5 @ Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.

noyes@Proverbs:27:6 @ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

noyes@Proverbs:27:7 @ He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb; But to the hungry any bitter thing is sweet.

noyes@Proverbs:27:8 @ As a bird that wandereth from its nest, So is a man who wandereth from his place.

noyes@Proverbs:27:9 @ Oil and perfume gladden the heart; Sweet also is ones friend by hearty counsel.

noyes@Proverbs:27:10 @ Thine own friend and thy fathers friend forsake not; And go not into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

noyes@Proverbs:27:11 @ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

noyes@Proverbs:27:12 @ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; The simple pass on, and are punished.

noyes@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.

noyes@Proverbs:27:14 @ He who blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early for it, It shall be accounted to him as a curse.

noyes@Proverbs:27:15 @ A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a quarrelsome wife are alike.

noyes@Proverbs:27:16 @ He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.

noyes@Proverbs:27:17 @ Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.

noyes@Proverbs:27:18 @ He that watcheth the figtree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.

noyes@Proverbs:27:19 @ As in water face answereth to face, So doth the heart of man to man.

noyes@Proverbs:27:20 @ The realms of the dead are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

noyes@Proverbs:27:21 @ The refiningpot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

noyes@Proverbs:27:22 @ Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.

noyes@Proverbs:27:23 @ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds!

noyes@Proverbs:27:24 @ For riches last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.

noyes@Proverbs:27:25 @ The hay disappeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in.

noyes@Proverbs:27:26 @ The lambs are thy clothing, And the goats the price of thy field.

noyes@Proverbs:27:27 @ There is goats milk enough for thy food, For the food of thy household, And for the sustenance of thy maidens.

Proverbs 27