Proverbs 27 (NKJV)

¹ For you do not know what a day may bring forth. ² A stranger, and not your own lips. ³ But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them. ⁴ But who is able to stand before jealousy? ⁵ Than love carefully concealed. ⁶ But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. ⁷ But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸ Is a man who wanders from his place. ⁹ And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel. ¹⁰ Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. ¹¹ That I may answer him who reproaches me. ¹² The simple pass on and are punished. ¹³ And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress. ¹⁴ It will be counted a curse to him. ¹⁵ And a contentious woman are alike; ¹⁶ And grasps oil with his right hand. ¹⁷ So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. ¹⁸ So he who waits on his master will be honored. ¹⁹ So a man’s heart reveals the man. ²⁰ So the eyes of man are never satisfied. ²¹ And a man is valued by what others say of him. ²² Yet his foolishness will not depart from him. ²³ And attend to your herds; ²⁴ Nor does a crown endure to all generations. ²⁵ And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, ²⁶ And the goats the price of a field; ²⁷ And the nourishment of your maidservants.