Proverbs 27
1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.
3A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.
4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
7A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.
8Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
9Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
11My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
12The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
13Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.
15A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
16He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
19In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
20Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
21In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
22Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
23Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,
24for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.
25The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.
26Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.
27Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.
1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.