Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
2 Let someone else 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 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
5 Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend, but an enemy may kiss you profusely.
The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
7 A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet.
A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who strays from where he lives.
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice, but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel.
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
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 Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
12 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive people go on and suffer because of it.
The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
13 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
14 Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, that blessing will be considered to be a curse!
Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
15 A quarreling wife is like the constant dripping on a rainy day;
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or trying to catch oil in your right hand.
Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
17 Iron sharpens iron; in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.
Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.
The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
19 Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave 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 sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,
Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
24 for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?
For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
25 You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in.
The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
26 Those lambs will provide your clothing and the goats will provide the price of the field.
Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.
And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
