Proverbs 27

^{Proverbs 27:1} Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

^{Proverbs 27:2} Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

^{Proverbs 27:3} A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

^{Proverbs 27:4} Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

^{Proverbs 27:5} Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

^{Proverbs 27:6} The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

^{Proverbs 27:7} The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

^{Proverbs 27:8} Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

^{Proverbs 27:9} Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

^{Proverbs 27:10} Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

^{Proverbs 27:11} Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

^{Proverbs 27:12} The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

^{Proverbs 27:13} Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

^{Proverbs 27:14} If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

^{Proverbs 27:15} A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

^{Proverbs 27:16} restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

^{Proverbs 27:17} As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

^{Proverbs 27:18} Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

^{Proverbs 27:19} As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

^{Proverbs 27:20} Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

^{Proverbs 27:21} A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

^{Proverbs 27:22} Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

^{Proverbs 27:23} Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

^{Proverbs 27:24} for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

^{Proverbs 27:25} When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,

^{Proverbs 27:26} the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

^{Proverbs 27:27} You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.