Proverbs 27:1-16 ▼

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, || For you do not know what a day brings forth.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, || A stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, || And the anger of a fool || Is heavier than them both.

4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?

5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, || And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.

7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, || And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.

8 As a bird wandering from her nest, || So [is] a man wandering from his place.

9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, || And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.

10 Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, || And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, || A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.

11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, || And I return a word [to] my reproacher.

12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, || The simple have passed on, they are punished.

13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, || And pledge it for a strange woman.

14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, || Rising early in the morning, || It is reckoned a light thing to him.

15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, || And a woman of contentions are alike,

16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, || And the ointment of his right hand calls out.