27:1  Do not boast about 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 both of them.

27:4  Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But who is able to stand before jealousy?

27:5  Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.

27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

27:7  A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

27:8  Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.

27:9  Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

27:10  Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby 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 foresees evil and hides himself;
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 seductress.

27:14  He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.

27:15  A continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;

27:16  Whoever restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

27:17  As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

27:18  Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

27:19  As in water face reflects face,
So a man’s heart reveals the man.

27:20  Hell and Destruction are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

27:21  The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.

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

27:23  Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
And attend to your herds;

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

27:25  When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

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

27:27  You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And the nourishment of your maidservants.