Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so too the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 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.
Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself. The simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be considered a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
He who would restrain her restrains the wind, and his right hand encounters oil.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
As in water face is to face, so the heart of a man is to a man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
And then will be goats' milk enough for thy food; for the food of thy household, and maintenance for thy maidens.
