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
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.
8A man 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. # 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, # A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners. # 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 man sharpens another. # 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
21A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and a man for the words of his praise. # Or gold, but a man is tested by 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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