CPDV - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.

27:2  Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.

27:3  A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.

27:4  Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

27:5  An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

27:6  The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

27:7  A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

27:8  Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

27:9  Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.

27:10  Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

27:11  My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.

27:12  The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.

27:13  Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.

27:14  Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.

27:15  A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

27:16  He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.

27:17  Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

27:18  Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.

27:19  In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.

27:20  Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

27:21  In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

27:22  Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.

27:23  Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,

27:24  for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

27:25  The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.

27:26  Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.

27:27  Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.