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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Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 27
27
1Do not boast of tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
2Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth – A stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel and displeasure overwhelming, But who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Open reproof is better than hidden love.
6The wounds of a loved one are true, But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7One satisfied loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry one any bitter food is sweet.
8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a man who wanders from his place.
9Ointment and perfume gladden the heart, So one’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
10Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go into your brother’s house In the day of your calamity – Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
11My son, be wise, and gladden my heart, That I might have a word for him who reproaches me.
12A clever man foresees calamity, hides himself; The simple shall go on, they are punished.
13Take the garment of him who is guarantor for a stranger, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14He who greets his friend loudly early in the morning, Shall have it reckoned to him as a curse.
15Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;
16Whoever represses her represses the wind, And his right hand encounters oil.
17Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.
19As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reflects a man.
20She’ol and destruction are not satisfied; So the eyes of man are not satisfied.
21A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.
22Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him.
23Know well the state of your flocks; Set your heart to your herds;
24For riches are not forever, Nor a diadem to all generations.
25Grass vanishes, and new grass appears, And the vegetation of the mountains is gathered in.
26The lambs are for your garments, And the goats for the price of a field;
27And goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your girls.
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