Proverbs 27
27
Do Not Boast
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 a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but excessive the kisses of an enemy.
7One who is full loathes honeycomb, but to one who is hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.
Iron Sharpens Iron
9As ointment and perfume gladden the heart, so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.
10Do not forsake your friend, or your father’s friend, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11Be wise, my son, make my heart glad, so I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
13Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
14If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
16hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.
17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19As water reflects the face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
21A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
23Know well the condition of your flocks, pay attention to your herds,
24for riches are not forever, nor a crown from generation to generation.
25When hay is removed and grass appears, and grain from the hills is gathered in,
26lambs will provide you with clothing, and goats with the price of a field.
27There will be enough goats’ milk for food and food for your household, and sustenance for your maidservants.
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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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