The Book of Proverbs
Proverbs, Chapter 27
Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; [let it be] a stranger, and not your own lips.
A stone [is] heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool's anger [is] heavier than both.
Fury [is] fierce, and anger overflows, but who can stand before jealousy?
Better [is] revealed reproof than secret love.
Faithful [are] the wounds of a lover, and the kisses of a hated one [are] plentiful.
One who [is] full tramples a honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
A man wandering from his place [is like] a bird that wanders from the nest.
Ointment and perfume give joy to the heart, and one's friend is sweet from the counsel of the soul.
Do not forsake your friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity, [for] a near neighbor is better than a brother far away.
My son, become wise and give joy to my heart, so that I may return a word to him that taunts me.
A sensible man sees the evil [and] hides himself; the simple go on [and] are punished.
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge [who is surety] for a strange woman.
He who rises early in the morning and blesses his friend with a loud voice, it is counted as cursing to him.
Drops that never cease on a rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike;
he who hides her hides the wind, and his right hand encounters [slippery] oil.
Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens his friend's face.
The keeper of the fig tree eats its fruit, so he keeping his master is honored.
As face [reflects] face in the water, so the heart of man [reflects] a man.
Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The refining pot [tries] silver, and the furnace [tries] gold, but a man [is tried] by the mouth of his praise.
If you pound a fool in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.
Know well the face of your flock; set your heart on your herds,
for wealth [is] not forever, nor the crown from generation to generation.
When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and the mountain plants are taken up,
The lambs [will be] for your clothing, and the he goats the price for a field,
and [there will be] goat's milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and [for] the life of your maidens.
