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 stranger, and not your own lips.

27:3  A stone feels heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool feels heavier than both of them.

27:4  Wrath has fierceness and anger resembles a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?

27:5  Open rebuke seems better Than love that remains concealed.

27:6  A friend wounds with a faithful and loving motive, But an enemy kisses deceitfully.

27:7  A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing tastes sweet.

27:8  A man who wanders from his home resembles a bird that wanders from her nest,

27:9   Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel seems sweet to his friend.

27:10  Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; A neighbor nearby will prove more valuable than a brother far away.

27:11  Attain wisdom, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me.

27:12  A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.

27:13   Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

27:14   He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will have the same effect as a curse to him.

27:15  A contentious woman resembles constant dripping on a day of steady rain

27:16  He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

27:17  Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.

27:18  He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will receive honor.

27:19  As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.

27:20  Sheol and Abaddon will never experience satisfaction, Nor do the eyes of man ever become satisfied.

27:21  The crucible refines silver and the furnace refines gold, And each receives testing by the praise accorded him.

27:22  Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

27:23   Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;

27:24  For riches do not last forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

27:25  When the grass disappears, the new growth appears, And you will gather in the herbs of the mountains,

27:26  The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,

27:27  And you will have goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.