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. |
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