Proverbs 27
27
Warnings and Instructions
1Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
7A sated man loathes honey,
But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.
9Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
10Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
That I may reply to him who reproaches me.
12A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
13Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
15A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
16He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
18He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored.
19As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
21The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
22Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
24For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
25 When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
26The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,
27And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
2Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
4Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
7A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
10Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
11Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
12The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
13Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
14He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
16He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
17Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
19As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
20Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
21As 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.
22Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
23Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
25The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
26Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
27Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
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