Proverbs 27
27
1Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7The sated appetite spurns honey,
but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest
is one who strays from home.
9Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
but the soul is torn by trouble.#27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one's own counsel
10Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.
11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.#27.13 Vg and 20.l6: Heb for a foreign woman
14Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
15A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike;
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp oil in the right hand.#27.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits#27.17 Heb face of another.
18Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
19Just as water reflects the face,
so one human heart reflects another.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
so a person is tested#27.21 Heb lacks is tested by being praised.
22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
but the folly will not be driven out.
23Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds;
24for riches do not last forever,
nor a crown for all generations.
25When the grass is gone, and new growth appears,
and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
26the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field;
27there will be enough goats' milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and nourishment for your servant-girls.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
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 vexation is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend:
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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 that cometh of hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
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 seeth the evil, and hideth himself:
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety 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:
16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind,
And his right hand encountereth oil.
17Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
And a man is tried by his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn,
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 unto all generations?
25The hay is carried, and the tender grass sheweth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field:
27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household;
And maintenance for thy maidens.
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