Proverbs 27
27
1Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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 can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7He who is sated loathes honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest,
is a man who strays from his home.
9Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
but the soul is torn by trouble.#27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of his friend from hearty counsel
10Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake;
and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.#27.13 Vg and 20.16: Heb a foreign woman
14He who blesses his 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 woman are alike;
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind#27.16 Heb obscure
or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
18He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master will be honored.
19As in water face answers to face,
so the mind of man reflects the man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and a man is judged by his praise.
22Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
23Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds;
24for riches do not last for ever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25When the grass is gone, and the 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 maintenance for your maidens.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
5Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
7A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
8As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
10Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
17Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
19As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
21A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
24For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
25Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
26Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
27And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
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