Proverbs 27

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1} Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.

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2} Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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3} A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

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4} Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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5} Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

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6} Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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7} A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

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8} As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

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9} Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

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10} Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

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11} Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

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12} A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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13} Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

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14} He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

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15} A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

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16} restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

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17} Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

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18} Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

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19} As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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20} Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.

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21} The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

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22} Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

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23} Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

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24} for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

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25} The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

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26} The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

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27} There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.