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 sand is weighty; But a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.
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.
He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb; But to the hungry any 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 its nest, So is a man who wandereth 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 gladden the heart; Sweet also is one'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; And go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor 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.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, 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.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; 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 who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.
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 blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early for it, It shall be accounted to him as a curse.
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 quarrelsome wife are alike.
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
He that watcheth the fig-tree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
As in water face answereth to face, So doth the heart of man to man.
The realms of the dead 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.
The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him 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 beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly 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 last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
The hay disappeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in.
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
The lambs are thy clothing, And the goats the price of thy field.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
There is goat's milk enough for thy food, For the food of thy household, And for the sustenance of thy maidens.
