Proverbs-27

(New International Version)

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  • 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
  • 2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
  • 3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
  • 4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
  • 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
  • 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
  • 7 One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
  • 8 Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
  • 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
  • 10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
  • 11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
  • 12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
  • 13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
  • 14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
  • 15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
  • 16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
  • 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
  • 18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
  • 19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you
  • 20 Death and Destruction 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
  • 21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
  • 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
  • 23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
  • 24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
  • 25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
  • 26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
  • 27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
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