# Proverbs 27 (New King James Version)
My Son, Be Wise

##### Chapter 27
###### 1 Do not boast about tomorrow,  
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

###### 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;  
A stranger, and not your own lips.

###### 3 A stone _is_ heavy and sand _is_ weighty,  
But a fool's wrath _is_ heavier than both of them.

###### 4 Wrath _is_ cruel and anger a torrent,  
But who _is_ able to stand before jealousy?

###### 5 Open rebuke _is_ better  
Than love carefully concealed.

###### 6 Faithful _are_ the wounds of a friend,  
But the kisses of an enemy _are_ deceitful.

###### 7 A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,  
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing _is_ sweet.

###### 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest  
_Is_ a man who wanders from his place.

###### 9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,  
And the sweetness of a man's friend _gives delight_ by hearty counsel.

###### 10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend,  
Nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity;  
Better _is_ a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

###### 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,  
That I may answer him who reproaches me.

###### 12 A prudent _man_ foresees evil _and_ hides himself;  
The simple pass on _and_ are punished.

###### 13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,  
And hold it in pledge _when_ he is surety for a seductress.

###### 14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,  
It will be counted a curse to him.

###### 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day  
And a contentious woman are alike;  

###### 16 Whoever restrains her restrains the wind,  
And grasps oil with his right hand.

###### 17 _As_ iron sharpens iron,  
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

###### 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;  
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

###### 19 As in water face _reflects_ face,  
So a man's heart _reveals_ the man.

###### 20 Hell and Destruction are never full;  
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

###### 21 The refining pot _is_ for silver and the furnace for gold,  
And a man _is valued_ by what others say of him.

###### 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,  
_Yet_ his foolishness will not depart from him.

###### 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,  
_And_ attend to your herds;  

###### 24 For riches _are_ not forever,  
Nor does a crown _endure_ to all generations.  

###### 25 _When_ the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,  
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,  

###### 26 The lambs _will provide_ your clothing,  
And the goats the price of a field;  

###### 27 _You shall have_ enough goats' milk for your food,  
For the food of your household,  
And the nourishment of your maidservants.