Proverbs Chapter 27 Back Next{27:1} Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
{27:2} Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
{27:3} A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
{27:4} Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before
jealousy?
{27:5} Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
{27:6}
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the
kisses of an enemy are profuse.
{27:7} A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every
bitter thing is sweet.
{27:8} As a
bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
{27:9} Perfume and
incense bring joy to the
heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
{27:10} Don't forsake your friend and your
father's friend. Don't go to your
brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
{27:11} Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
{27:12} A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
{27:13} Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
{27:14} He who
blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
{27:15} A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
{27:16} restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
{27:17}
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
{27:18} Whoever tends the
fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
{27:19} As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
{27:20} [10>]
Sheol[<10] and
Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.
{27:21} The crucible is for silver, and the
furnace for
gold; but man is refined by his praise.
{27:22} Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with
grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
{27:23} Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
{27:24} for riches are not forever, nor does even the
crown endure to all generations.
{27:25} The
hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the
grasses of the
hills are gathered in.
{27:26} The
lambs are for your clothing, and the
goats are the price of a
field.
{27:27} There 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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