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Proverbs 27

¹Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.

²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.

³A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.

⁴Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

⁵An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

⁶The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

⁷A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

⁸Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

⁹Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.

¹⁰Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

¹¹My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.

¹²The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.

¹³Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.

¹⁴Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.

¹⁵A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

¹⁶He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.

¹⁹In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.

²⁰Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

²¹In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

²²Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.

²³Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,

²⁴for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

²⁵The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.

²⁶Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.

²⁷Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.

Proverbs 27

¹Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

²Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

³A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

⁴Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

⁵Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

⁶Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

⁷A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

⁹Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

¹⁰Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.

¹¹Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

¹²The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

¹³Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

¹⁴He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

¹⁵Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

¹⁹As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

²⁰Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

²¹As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

²²Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

²³Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

²⁴For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

²⁵The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

²⁶Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.

²⁷Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.