Proverbs 27
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1Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.1Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips.2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.4Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5An open rebuke is better than hidden love!5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
7A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
8A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
9The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.9Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.
10Never abandon a friend— either yours or your father’s. When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance. It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.10Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics.11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.12A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
13Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.13Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.
14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
15A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
16Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.16Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.
17As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.
18As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.19As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
20Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.20As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
21Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.22If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
23Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds,23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,
24for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.24for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
25After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in,25When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.26the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.
27And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.27And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
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Proverbs 26
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