Proverbs 27
27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow,#Literally “on the day of tomorrow”
for you do not know what the day will bring.
2May another praise you and not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.
3Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand,
but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger,
but who will stand before jealousy?
5Better a rebuke that is open
than a love that is hidden.
6The wounds of a friend mean well,
but the kisses of an enemy are profane.
7An appetite#Literally “soul” that is sated spurns honey,
but to an appetite#Literally “soul” that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest,
so is a man who strays from his place.
9Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.#Literally “because of advice of a person”
10As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.
12When the clever sees danger, he hides;
the simple go on and suffer.
13Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger,
and to an adulteress#Literally “a foreign woman”—so take his pledge.
14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice
early in the morning,
a curse will be reckoned to him.
15Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain
and a woman#Or “wife” of contention are alike.
16In restraining her, he restrains wind,#Or “breath, or “spirit”
and his right hand will grasp oil#Or “fat”.
17As iron sharpens#Or “is united with” iron,
so one man sharpens another.#Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
18He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master#Or “lord” will be honored.
19As the waters reflect face to face,#Literally “the faces to the faces”
so the heart of a person reflects the person.
20Sheol#A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld and Abaddon#Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death. will not be satisfied,
and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.
21A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold,
but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.
22If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle along with#Or “in the midst of” the crushed grain,
it will not drive folly from upon him.
23You will surely know the condition#Literally “faces” of your flock;
your heart#Or “mind” attends to the herds.
24For riches are not forever,
nor a crown for generation after generation.
25When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear,
and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.
26Lambs will be your clothing,
and goats the price of the field.
27And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household and the nourishment#Literally “life” of your maidservants.
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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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