Proverbs 27
1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend. Do not go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman.
14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
