27Proverbs 27

1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.Select Proverbs 27:1

2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.Select Proverbs 27:2

3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.Select Proverbs 27:3

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?Select Proverbs 27:4

5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.Select Proverbs 27:5

6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.Select Proverbs 27:6

7A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.Select Proverbs 27:7

8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.Select Proverbs 27:8

9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.Select Proverbs 27:9

10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.Select Proverbs 27:10

11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.Select Proverbs 27:11

12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.Select Proverbs 27:12

13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!Select Proverbs 27:13

14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.Select Proverbs 27:14

15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:Select Proverbs 27:15

16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.Select Proverbs 27:16

17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.Select Proverbs 27:17

18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.Select Proverbs 27:18

19Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.Select Proverbs 27:19

20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.Select Proverbs 27:20

21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.Select Proverbs 27:21

22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.Select Proverbs 27:22

23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:Select Proverbs 27:23

24for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.Select Proverbs 27:24

25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.Select Proverbs 27:25

26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.Select Proverbs 27:26

27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.Select Proverbs 27:27