Proverbs 27
27
1Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
an outsider, and not your own lips.
3Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
7One who is full loathes honey from the comb,
but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8Like a bird that flees its nest
is anyone who flees from home.
9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
10Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you –
better a neighbour nearby than a relative far away.
11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14If anyone loudly blesses their neighbour early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.
15A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.
17As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
18The one who guards a fig-tree will eat its fruit,
and whoever protects their master will be honoured.
19As water reflects the face,
so one’s life reflects the heart.#27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you
20Death and Destruction#27:20 Hebrew Abaddon are never satisfied,
and neither are human eyes.
21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but people are tested by their praise.
22Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give careful attention to your herds;
24for riches do not endure for ever,
and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25When the hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26the lambs will provide you with clothing,
and the goats with the price of a field.
27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family
and to nourish your female servants.
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Mishlei (Pro) 27
27
1Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what the day may bring.
2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.
3Stone is heavy and sand a dead weight,
but a fool’s provocation outweighs them both.
4Fury is cruel and anger overwhelming,
but who can stand up to jealousy?
5Better open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Wounds from a friend are received as well-meant,
but an enemy’s kisses are insincere.
7A person who is full loathes a honeycomb;
but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
9Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
[also] friendship sweet with advice from the heart.
10Don’t abandon a friend
who is also a friend of your father.
Don’t enter your brother’s house on the day of your calamity —
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11My son, become wise, and gladden my heart,
so that I can answer my critics.
12The clever see trouble coming and hide;
the thoughtless go on and pay the penalty.
13Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger’s loan;
take them as security for that unknown woman.
14Whoever greets his neighbor in a loud voice at dawn
might just as well have cursed him.
15A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day
and the nagging of a wife are the same —
16whoever can restrain her can restrain the wind
or keep perfume on his hand from making itself known.
17Just as iron sharpens iron,
a person sharpens the character of his friend.
18Whoever tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who is attentive to his master will be honored.
19Just as water reflects the face,
so one human heart reflects another.
20Sh’ol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.
21The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold,
but a person [is tested] by [his reaction to] praise.
22You can crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle,
along with the grain being crushed;
yet his foolishness will not leave him.
23Take care to know the condition of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds.
24For wealth doesn’t last forever,
neither does a crown through all generations.
25When the hay has been mown, and the new grass appears,
and the mountain greens have been gathered;
26the lambs will provide your clothing,
the goats will sell for enough to buy a field,
27and there will be enough goat’s milk
to [buy] food for you and your household
and maintenance for your servant-girls.
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