Proverbs 27
1 Don’t boast about tomorrow, because you don’t know what a day may bring.
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden, but a fool’s anger is heavier than both.
4 Fury is cruel, and anger is like a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful; the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 A satisfied person turns down even a honeycomb, but to the hungry, even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a person who wanders from home.
9 Oil and incense gladden the heart; a friend’s counsel brings sweetness to the soul.
10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your day of trouble. A neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
11 Be wise, my son, and gladden my heart, so I can answer the one who insults me.
12 The prudent see danger and take shelter, but the inexperienced press on and pay for it.
13 Take the garment of one who guarantees a stranger’s debt; take a pledge from him because of the foreign woman.
14 Whoever blesses a neighbor loudly early in the morning will have it counted as a curse.
15 A constant drip on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike.
16 Whoever tries to restrain her restrains the wind, and his right hand meets oil.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the face of another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever serves his master will be honored.
19 As water reflects a face, so one person’s heart reflects another’s.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a person is tested by the praise he receives.
22 Even if you pound a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain, his foolishness will not leave him.
23 Know well the condition of your sheep, and give your attention to your flocks.
24 For wealth does not last forever, nor does a crown endure from generation to generation.
25 The hay is gathered, new growth appears, and the mountain plants are brought in.
26 The lambs provide clothing for you, and the goats bring the price of a field.
27 There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for your household’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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