Proverbs 27
1 Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
10 Your own friend, and your father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
12 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.
Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.
The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
19 As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
23 Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
27 And you shall have goats’ milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
