Proverbs 27
27
1Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.#Lk 12:19–20; Jms 4:13–14
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth —
a stranger, and not your own lips.#Pr 25:27; 2Co 10:12,18; 12:11
3A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
4Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?#Pr 6:34
5Better an open reprimand
than concealed love.#Pr 28:23
6The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,#Ps 141:5
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.#Lk 22:48
7A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,#Pr 25:16
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
8Anyone wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.#Pr 26:2
9Oil#Ps 23:5 and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.#27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction
10Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,#2Sm 10:2
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.#Pr 17:17
11Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,#Pr 10:1; 23:24–25; 29:3
so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.#Ps 119:42; 127:5
12A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.#Pr 22:3
13Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.#27:13 Lit a foreign woman#Pr 6:1–5; 11:15; 20:16
14If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
15An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike;#Pr 19:13
16the one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens another.#27:17 Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face
18Whoever tends a fig tree#Am 7:14 will eat its fruit,#Sg 8:12; 1Co 3:8; 9:7; 2Tm 2:6
and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
19As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects the person.
20Sheol and Abaddon#Jb 26:6; Pr 15:11 are never satisfied,#Pr 30:15–16; Hab 2:5
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.#Ec 1:8; 4:8
21As a crucible refines silver,
and a smelter refines gold,
so a person should refine his praise.#Pr 16:2; 17:3
22Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.#Pr 23:35; 26:11; Jr 5:3
23Know well the condition of your flock,#Ezk 34:12; Jn 10:3,14; Ac 20:28
and pay attention to your herds,
24for wealth is not forever;#Lk 16:9
not even a crown lasts for all time.
25When hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grain from the hills is gathered in,
26lambs will provide your clothing,
and goats, the price of a field;
27there will be enough goat’s milk for your food —
food for your household
and nourishment for your female servants.#Pr 31:15
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Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not thyself of to morrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
But who is able to stand before envy?
5Open rebuke is better
Than secret love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,
And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
So is a man to his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever:
And doth the crown endure to every generation?
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself,
And herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field.
27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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