Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Make no boast for thyself of the coming day; 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 thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy 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 hath heaviness, and the sand, weight; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Better is open reproof than concealed 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 deceptive are the kisses of an enemy.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
The satisfied soul treadeth under foot fine honey; 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 away from her nest, so is a man that wandereth away 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 cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one's own 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.
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, thou must not forsake; but into thy brother's house enter not on the day of thy calamity: better is a near neighbor than a distant brother.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
Become wise, my son, and cause my heart to rejoice, that I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
The prudent 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, for he became surety for a stranger; and on account of an alien woman take a pledge of him.
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
When one saluteth his friend with a loud voice, when rising early in the morning, it will 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 on 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 that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as [fragrant] oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Iron is sharpened by iron: so doth a man sharpen himself on the countenance of his friend.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
As the water [showeth] to the face the [reflected] face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.
The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man 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 is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according 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 shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
When the grass is past, young verdure showeth itself, and then are gathered the herbs of the mountains.
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
The sheep are for thy clothing, and he-goats are the purchase-price of a field.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
And thou wilt have enough of goats' milk for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the support for thy maidens.
