Proverbs 27:1-Proverbs 30:1 - All About Life
1 Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.
2 May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
3 Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
4 Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?
5 Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
6 The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.
7 An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.
12 [When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.
13 Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.
15 Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.
16 [In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.
17 [As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
19 As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.
20 Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].
21 A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man [is tested by] the mouth of him who praises him.
22 If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
23 You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.
24 For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
25 When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.
26 Lambs [will be] your clothing, and goats the price of the field.
27 And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.
1 The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.
2 By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.
3 A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.
4 Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
5 Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.
6 Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.
7 He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
9 He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.
10 He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
11 A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.
12 When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
13 He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.
14 Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.
15 [Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.
17 A person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.
18 He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.
19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.
20 A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
21 {Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
22 He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.
25 The {greedy person} will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.
26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.
27 [For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.
28 With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.
1 A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.
2 When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.
3 A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.
4 By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.
5 A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
6 In transgression, an evil man [is] a snare, but [the] righteous will sing and rejoice.
7 [The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.
8 Men of scoffing set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
9 [If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.
10 Men of blood hate [the] blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.
11 A fool gives all his breath, but [the] wise holds back in quiet.
12 A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.
13 The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.
14 A king who judges with truthfulness [to] the poor, his throne will be established forever.
15 As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.
16 With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase, but the righteous will look on his downfall.
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.
18 When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.
19 By words, a servant is not disciplined, for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.
20 You see a man who is hasty in his words: [there is more] hope for a fool than him.
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood, {arrogance will be his end}.
22 A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.
23 The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.
24 Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.
25 The fear of a person will lay a snare, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be secure.
26 Many are those who seek the {favor} of a ruler, but from Yahweh {one obtains justice}.
27 A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright} is an abomination to the wicked.
1 The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle. Thus says the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and Ucal: