Proverbs 27
27
1Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
2Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
3Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
4Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
5Open criticism is better than hidden love.
6A friend's honest comments may hurt you, but an enemy's kisses are over the top.
7If you're full up, you can't face honey; but if you're starving, even bitter food tastes sweet.
8Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
9Perfume and scented oils make you feel happy, but good advice from a friend is even better.#27:9. The Hebrew of the second phrase is unclear.
10Don't give up on your friends or your family's friends. Don't go to a relative's house when you've got trouble. A friend nearby is more useful than a relative far away.
11My son, make me happy by being wise, so I can respond to anyone who criticizes me.
12If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just keep going and suffer the consequences.
13If someone guarantees a stranger's debt with their cloak, be sure to take it! Make sure you have whatever is pledged to an immoral woman!
14If when you get up every morning you shout a loud hello to your neighbors, they will see that as a curse!
15An argumentative wife is as irritating as constant dripping on a rainy day.
16Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.
17An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.
18Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
19Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.#27:19. The meaning of the second phrase is unclear.
20In the same way that the grave and destruction#27:20. “The grave and destruction”: literally, “Sheol and Abaddon.” are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.
21Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.
22Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
23You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
24for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
25Once the hay is cut, and the new growth begins, and fodder from the mountains is gathered,
26and the lambs have provided you wool to make clothing, and the sale of goats have paid for a field,
27there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Don’t boast about tomorrow;
for you don’t know what a day may bring.
2 Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
11 Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike:
16restraining her is like restraining the wind,
or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20 Sheol # 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead. and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21 The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
24 for riches are not forever,
nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 The lambs are for your clothing,
and the goats are the price of a field.
27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
for your family’s food,
and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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