rsv - 27

rsv@Proverbs:27:1 @ Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

rsv@Proverbs:27:2 @ Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

rsv@Proverbs:27:3 @ A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

rsv@Proverbs:27:4 @ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

rsv@Proverbs:27:5 @ Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

rsv@Proverbs:27:6 @ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

rsv@Proverbs:27:7 @ He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

rsv@Proverbs:27:8 @ Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.

rsv@Proverbs:27:9 @ Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

rsv@Proverbs:27:10 @ Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

rsv@Proverbs:27:11 @ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

rsv@Proverbs:27:12 @ A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

rsv@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

rsv@Proverbs:27:14 @ He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

rsv@Proverbs:27:15 @ A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

rsv@Proverbs:27:16 @ to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.

rsv@Proverbs:27:17 @ Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

rsv@Proverbs:27:18 @ He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

rsv@Proverbs:27:19 @ As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.

rsv@Proverbs:27:20 @ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

rsv@Proverbs:27:21 @ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.

rsv@Proverbs:27:22 @ Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

rsv@Proverbs:27:23 @ Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;

rsv@Proverbs:27:24 @ for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

rsv@Proverbs:27:25 @ When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,

rsv@Proverbs:27:26 @ the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;

rsv@Proverbs:27:27 @ there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.

Proverbs 27