Proverbs 27

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1. 1Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day may bring.
2. 2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips.
3. 3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
4. 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who can stand against envy?
5. 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6. 6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7. 7The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8. 8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from their place.
9. 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, and so does the sweetness of a friend's hearty counsel.
10. 10Do not abandon your own friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity, for a nearby neighbor is better than a distant brother.
11. 11My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may answer the one who reproaches me.
12. 12A prudent person foresees evil and hides, but the simple continue on and are punished.
13. 13Take the garment of someone who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge for a foreign woman.
14. 14If someone blesses their friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be considered a curse to them.
15. 15A constant dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16. 16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which shows itself.
17. 17Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18. 18Whoever tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever serves his master will be honored.
19. 19As in water face answers to face, so the heart of a person to a person.
20. 20Hell and destruction are never full; likewise, the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
21. 21As the refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a person to his praise.
22. 22Even if you crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle among grain, his foolishness will not leave him.
23. 23Be diligent in knowing the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.
24. 24For riches are not forever, and does the crown endure to every generation?
25. 25The hay appears, the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs from the mountains are gathered.
26. 26The lambs provide your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27. 27And you will have enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household, and to provide for your maidens.