Proverbs 27:5-13 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

5. Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7. The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

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

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

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

12. A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

13. Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.

Proverbs 27