Mishlei (Pro) 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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Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 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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