Proverbs 27
1Do not boast about tomorrow, 1 for you do not know what a day may bring. 1
2Let someone else praise you and not your own mouth; 1 a stranger and not your own lips. 1
3Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— 1 the provocation of a fool is heavier than both. 1
4There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, 1 but who is able to stand before jealousy? 1
5Better is an open rebuke 1 than hidden love. 1
6Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend, 1 but an enemy may kiss you profusely. 1
7A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, 1 but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet. 1
8Like a bird that wanders from its nest 1 is a man who strays from where he lives. 1
9Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice, 1 but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel. + 27:9 Modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult verse. 1
10Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, 1 and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. 1 Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away. 1
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; 1 then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me. 1
12A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, 1 but the naive people go on and suffer because of it. 1
13Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, 1 and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman. 1
14Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, 1 that blessing will be considered to be a curse! 1
15A quarreling wife is like 1 the constant dripping on a rainy day; 1
16restraining her is like restraining the wind, 1 or trying to catch oil in your right hand. 1
17Iron sharpens iron; 1 in the same way, a man sharpens his friend. 1
18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, 1 and the one who protects his master will be honored. 1
19Just as water reflects a person's face, 1 so a person's heart reflects the person. 1
20Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, 1 so a man's eyes are never satisfied. 1
21A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; 1 and a person is tested when he is praised. 1
22Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— 1 yet his foolishness will not leave him. 1
23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks 1 and be concerned about your herds, 1
24for wealth is not forever. 1 Does a crown endure for all generations? 1
25You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, 1 and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in. 1
26Those lambs will provide your clothing 1 and the goats will provide the price of the field. 1
27There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— 1 and nourishment for your servant girls.