Proverbs 27
27
Don't Brag about Tomorrow
1 #
Jas 4.13-16. Don't brag about tomorrow!
Each day brings
its own surprises.
2Don't brag about yourself—
let others praise you.
3Stones and sand are heavy,
but trouble caused by a fool
is a much heavier load.
4An angry person is dangerous,
but a jealous person
is even worse.
5A truly good friend
will openly correct you.
6You can trust a friend
who corrects you,
but kisses from an enemy
are nothing but lies.
7If you have had enough to eat,
honey doesn't taste good,
but if you are really hungry,
you will eat anything.
8When you are far from home,
you feel like a bird
without a nest.
9The sweet smell of incense
can make you feel good,
but true friendship
is better still.#27.9 still: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 9.
10Don't desert an old friend
of your family
or visit your relatives
when you are in trouble.
A friend nearby is better
than relatives far away.
11My child, show good sense!
Then I will be happy
and able to answer anyone
who criticizes me.
12Be cautious and hide
when you see danger—
don't be stupid and walk
right into trouble.
13You deserve to lose your coat
if you loan it to someone
to guarantee payment
for the debt of a stranger.
14A loud greeting
early in the morning
is the same as a curse.
15The steady dripping of rain
and the nagging of a wife
are one and the same.
16It's easier to catch the wind
or hold olive oil in your hand
than to stop a nagging wife.
17Just as iron sharpens iron,
friends sharpen the minds
of each other.
18Take care of a tree,
and you will eat its fruit;
look after your master,
and you will be praised.
19You see your face in a mirror
and your thoughts
in the minds of others.
20Death and the grave
are never satisfied,
and neither are humans.
21Gold and silver are tested
in a red-hot furnace,
but we are tested by praise.
22No matter how hard
you beat a fool,
you can't pound out
the foolishness.
23You should take good care
of your sheep and goats,
24because wealth and honor
don't last forever.
25After the hay is cut
and the new growth appears
and the harvest is over,
26you can sell lambs and goats
to buy clothes and land.
27From the milk of the goats,
you can make enough cheese
to feed your family
and all your servants.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Do not boast about tomorrow,
#
Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:13, 14 for you do not know what a day may bring.
2Let #2 Cor. 10:12, 18; [ch. 25:27; 2 Cor. 12:11]another praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but #[ch. 12:16; 17:12]a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before #ch. 6:34jealousy?
5 # [ch. 28:23] Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Faithful are #Ps. 141:5the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7One who is full loathes #[ch. 25:16]honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8Like #ch. 26:2a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
9 # [Ps. 23:5] Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.#27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel
10Do not forsake your friend and #See 1 Kgs. 12:6-8; 2 Chr. 10:6-8 your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
# See ch. 17:17 Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
11 # ch. 6:6 Be wise, #ch. 10:1; 23:15, 24 my son, and #See ch. 29:3 make my heart glad,
that I may #Ps. 119:42; [Ps. 127:5]answer him who reproaches me.
12 # ch. 22:3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but #See ch. 1:4the simple go on and suffer for it.
13 # See ch. 20:16 Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.#27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
15 # ch. 19:13 A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp#27:16 Hebrew to meet with oil in one’s right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.#27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
18 #
Song 8:12; 1 Cor. 3:8; 9:7; 2 Tim. 2:6 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who #[Matt. 25:21]guards his master will be honored.
19As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
20 # ch. 15:11; See Job 26:6 Sheol and Abaddon are #ch. 30:15, 16; Hab. 2:5; [ch. 1:12] never satisfied,
and #Eccles. 1:8; 4:8never satisfied are the eyes of man.
21 # ch. 17:3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and a man is tested by his praise.
22 # [ch. 23:35; Isa. 1:5; Jer. 5:3] Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 # [John 10:3, 14; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2, 4] Know well the condition of your flocks,
and #[John 10:3, 14; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2, 4]give attention to your herds,
24for #ch. 23:5riches do not last forever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25 #
Ps. 37:2; 90:5, 6 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
26 # [1 Tim. 6:8] the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field.
27 # [See ver. 26 above] There will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.
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