27:1 Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. |
27:2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. |
27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy? |
27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
27:7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
27:8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place. |
27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart. |
27:10 Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. |
27:11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may answer him who reproaches me. |
27:12 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. |
27:13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he is surety for a strange woman. |
27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
27:15 A never-ending dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
27:16 Whoever restrains her restrains the wind and can control oil in his right hand. |
27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. |
27:18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit, and he who guards his master shall be honored. |
27:19 As in water, the face reflects itself, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
27:20 The grave and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
27:21 As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the praise given to him. |
27:22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed wheat, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. |
27:23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, |
27:24 For riches are not forever; nor does the crown endure to every generation. |
27:25 When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and herbs of the mountains are gathered, |
27:26 The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be the price of a field. |
27:27 And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the nourishment of your household, and sustenance for your maidservants. |