Proverbs 27:15-27 ▼

15 A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

16 He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in his hode.

17 Like as one yro whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.

18 Who so kepeth his fyge tre, shal enioye the frutes therof: he that wayteth vpon his master, shal come to honoure.

19 Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes.

20 Like as hell & destruccion are neuer full, euen so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied.

21 Syluer is tryed in the moulde, & golde in the fornace, & so is a man, whan he is openly praysed to his face.

22 Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

23 Se yt thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy self, and loke well to thy flockes.

24 For riches abyde not allwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.

25 The hay groweth, ye grasse cometh vp, & herbes are gathered in ye mountaines.

26 The lambes shal clothe the, & for the goates thou shalt haue money to yi husbondry.

27 Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy husholde, & to susteyne thy maydens.