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 brag about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day will bring.
2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,
but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?
5A public correction is better than hidden love.
6Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend;
excessive are the kisses of an enemy.
7Someone who is full refuses honey,
but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.
8Like a bird wandering from its nest,
so is one who wanders from home.
9Oil and incense make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.#27.9 Heb uncertain
10Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so I can answer those who insult me.
12Prudent people see evil and hide;
the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.
13Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
take his pledge for a foreigner.
14Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
will be viewed as a curse.
15The constant dripping on a rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike;
16anyone who can control her
can control the wind
or pick up oil in his hand.
17As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens a friend.
18Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and those who look after their master will be honored.
19As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects one person to another.
20The grave#27.20 Heb Sheol and the underworld#27.20 Heb Abaddon are never satisfied;
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
21A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold;
so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.
22Even if you grind fools in a mortar,
even grinding them along with the grain,
their folly won’t be driven from them.
23Know your flock well;
pay attention to your herds,
24for no treasure lasts forever,
nor a crown generation after generation.
25When the grass goes away, new growth appears,
and the plants of the hills are gathered,
26then the lambs will provide your clothes,
and the goats will be the price of your fields.
27There will be enough goat’s milk for your food,
for the food of your house,
and to nourish your young women.
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