Veritable King James Version
1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool’s anger is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7A satisfied person tramples on honey, but to a hungry person, everything bitter is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a person who strays from home.
9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from hearty counsel.
10Do not forsake your friend or your parent’s friend, and do not go to your relative’s house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11Be wise, my child, and bring joy to my heart, that I may have an answer for one who taunts me.
12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14Whoever blesses a friend loudly, rising early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse.
15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome spouse are alike;
16restraining them is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19As water reflects the face, so one’s heart reflects the person.
20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your female servants. Proverbs 28 The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 28 – Veritable King James Version
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