Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest 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 wrath [is] heavier than them both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
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] deceitful.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
The full soul loatheth an 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 wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] 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.
Thine 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.
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 that reproacheth me.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him 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 that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted 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.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so 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.
[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to 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 shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness 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 for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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 price 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 [thou shalt have] goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
