Proverbs 27
27
1Don’t brag about tomorrow.
You don’t know what a day will bring.
2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth.
Let an outsider praise you, and not your own lips.
3Stones are heavy, and sand weighs a lot.
But letting a foolish person make you angry is a heavier load than both of them.
4Anger is mean, and great anger overpowers you.
But who can face jealousy?
5Being warned openly is better
than being loved in secret.
6Wounds from a friend can be trusted.
But an enemy kisses you many times.
7When you are full, you even hate honey.
When you are hungry, even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8Anyone who runs away from home
is like a bird that flies away from its nest.
9Perfume and incense bring joy to your heart.
And the sweetness of a friend comes from their honest advice.
10Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family.
And don’t go to your relative’s house when trouble strikes you.
A neighbor nearby is better than a relative far away.
11My son, be wise and bring joy to my heart.
Then I can answer anyone who makes fun of me.
12Wise people see danger and go to a safe place.
But childish people keep on going and suffer for it.
13Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes.
Hold it until you get paid back if it is done for an outsider.
14Suppose you loudly bless your neighbor early in the morning.
Then you might as well be cursing him.
15A nagging wife is like the dripping
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm.
16Stopping her is like trying to stop the wind.
It’s like trying to grab olive oil with your hand.
17As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
18A person who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit.
And a person who protects their master will be honored.
19When you look into water, you see a likeness of your face.
When you look into your heart, you see what you are really like.
20Death and the Grave are never satisfied.
People’s eyes are never satisfied either.
21Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold.
But people are tested by the praise they receive.
22Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill.
Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool.
Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.
23Be sure you know how your flocks are doing.
Pay careful attention to your herds.
24Riches don’t last forever.
And a crown is not secure for all time to come.
25The hay is removed, and new growth appears.
The grass from the hills is gathered in.
26Then your lambs will provide you with clothes.
And the money from selling your goats will buy you a field.
27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family.
It will also feed your female servants.
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Proverbs 27
27
Do Not Boast
1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but excessive the kisses of an enemy.
7One who is full loathes honeycomb, but to one who is hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.
Iron Sharpens Iron
9As ointment and perfume gladden the heart, so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.
10Do not forsake your friend, or your father’s friend, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11Be wise, my son, make my heart glad, so I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
13Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
14If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
16hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.
17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19As water reflects the face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
21A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
23Know well the condition of your flocks, pay attention to your herds,
24for riches are not forever, nor a crown from generation to generation.
25When hay is removed and grass appears, and grain from the hills is gathered in,
26lambs will provide you with clothing, and goats with the price of a field.
27There will be enough goats’ milk for food and food for your household, and sustenance for your maidservants.
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