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
1Don’t brag about what will happen tomorrow.
You don’t really know what will happen then.
2Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it.
Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.
3Stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry.
But the complaining of a foolish person causes more trouble than either.
4Anger is cruel. It destroys like a flood.
But who can put up with jealousy!
5It is better to correct someone openly
than to love him and not show it.
6The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you.
But the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
7When someone is full, not even honey tastes good.
But when he is hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
8A man who leaves his home
is like a bird that leaves its nest.
9Perfume and oils make you happy.
And good advice from a friend is sweet.
10Don’t forget your friend or your father’s friend.
Don’t always go to your brother for help when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a brother far away.
11Be wise, my child, and you will make me happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.
12When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it.
But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.
13Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
14Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning.
He will think of it as a curse.
15A quarreling wife is as bothersome
as a continual dripping on a rainy day.
16Stopping her is like stopping the wind.
It’s like trying to grab oil in your hand.
17Iron can sharpen iron.
In the same way, people can help each other.
18The person who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit.
And the person who takes care of his master will be honored.
19As water shows you your face,
so your mind shows you what kind of person you are.
20People will never stop dying and being destroyed.
In the same way, people will never stop wanting more than they have.
21A hot furnace tests silver and gold.
And people are tested by the praise they receive.
22Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl,
you couldn’t remove his foolishness.
23Be sure you know how your sheep are doing.
Pay close attention to the condition of your cattle.
24Riches will not continue forever.
Nor do governments continue forever.
25Bring in the hay. Let the new grass appear.
Gather the grass from the hills.
26Make clothes from the lambs’ wool.
Sell some goats to buy a field.
27There will be plenty of goat milk
to feed you and your family.
It will make your servant girls healthy.
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