Proverbs 27:7-17

1. 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

2. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

3. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

4. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

5. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

6. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

7. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

8. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

9. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

10. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

11. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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