27:12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
27:13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
27:14. He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
27:15. Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
27:16. He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
27:17. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
27:18. He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
27:19. As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
27:20. Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
27:21. As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.