27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
27:3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
27:4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
27:7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one’s friend springs from his earnest counsel.
27:10 Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you–better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
27:12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
27:13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
27:14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
27:15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
27:16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
27:18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
27:20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
27:21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
27:23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
27:24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
27:25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
27:26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27:27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.
27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, / For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; / A foreigner, and not your own lips.
27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, / But a fool s vexation is heavier than both of them.
27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, / But who can stand before jealousy?
27:5 Open rebuke is better / Than love that is hidden.
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, / But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
27:7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, / But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8 Like a bird that wanders from her nest, / So is a man who wanders from his place.
27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; / So a man s counsel is sweet to his friend.
27:10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father s friend / To go to your brother s house in the day of your calamity: / Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, / That I may answer him who reproaches me.
27:12 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself; / But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.
27:13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, / And hold one in pledge who is surety for a foreign woman.
27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, / Arousing him early in the morning, / It will be reckoned as a curse to him.
27:15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day / And a contentious woman are alike;
27:16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind, / And grasps oil with his right hand.
27:17 Iron sharpens iron; / So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
27:18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, / And he who takes care of his master will be honored.
27:19 As in water face reflects face, / So the heart of man reflects man.
27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, / And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
27:21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, / And a man is tried by the praise given him.
27:22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, / His folly will not depart from him.
27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks, / And pay attention to your herds ?
27:24 For riches are not forever, / Nor does a crown endure from generation to generation ?
27:25 Then when the grass has disappeared, and the tender grass is seen, / And the herbs of the mountains have been gathered in,
27:26 The lambs will be for your clothing, / And the goats will bring the price of a field;
27:27 And there will be goats milk enough for your food, / For the food of your household, / And for the sustenance for your maidens.