Proverbs 27
27
You Don’t Know Tomorrow
1Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow;
you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.
2Don’t call attention to yourself;
let others do that for you.
3Carrying a log across your shoulders
while you’re hefting a boulder with your arms
Is nothing compared to the burden
of putting up with a fool.
4We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage,
but who can survive jealousy?
5A spoken reprimand is better
than approval that’s never expressed.
6The wounds from a lover are worth it;
kisses from an enemy do you in.
7When you’ve stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert;
when you’re starved, you could eat a horse.
8People who won’t settle down, wandering hither and yon,
are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.
9Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight,
a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.
10Don’t leave your friends or your parents’ friends
and run home to your family when things get rough;
Better a nearby friend
than a distant family.
11Become wise, dear child, and make me happy;
then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.
12A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.
13Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
14If you wake your friend in the early morning
by shouting “Rise and shine!”
It will sound to him
more like a curse than a blessing.
15-16A nagging spouse is like
the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;
You can’t turn it off,
and you can’t get away from it.
Your Face Mirrors Your Heart
17You use steel to sharpen steel,
and one friend sharpens another.
18If you care for your orchard, you’ll enjoy its fruit;
if you honor your boss, you’ll be honored.
19Just as water mirrors your face,
so your face mirrors your heart.
20Hell has a voracious appetite,
and lust just never quits.
21The purity of silver and gold is tested
by putting them in the fire;
The purity of human hearts is tested
by giving them a little fame.
22Pound on a fool all you like—
you can’t pound out foolishness.
23-27Know your sheep by name;
carefully attend to your flocks;
(Don’t take them for granted;
possessions don’t last forever, you know.)
And then, when the crops are in
and the harvest is stored in the barns,
You can knit sweaters from lambs’ wool,
and sell your goats for a profit;
There will be plenty of milk and meat
to last your family through the winter.
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Proverbs 27
27
1Don’t boast about tomorrow;
for you don’t know what a day may bring.
2Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
9Perfume 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.
11Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
15A 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.
17Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20Sheol#27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead. and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21The 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.
23Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
24for riches are not forever,
nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26The 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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