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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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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