Proverbs 27
Revised Geneva Translation
27 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty. But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Anger is cruel, and wrath raging. But who can stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful. But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The person that is full rejects a honeycomb. But to the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his own place.
9 As ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of hearty counsel by a man’s friend.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend; nor enter into your brother’s house on the day of your calamity. For better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and rejoice my heart; so that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man sees the plague and hides himself. But the foolish proceed and are punished.
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He who praises his friend with a loud voice (rising early in the morning), it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day, and a contentious woman, are alike.
16 Whoever hides her, hides the wind, and the oil in his right hand calls out.
17 Iron sharpens iron. So does a man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 He who keeps the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof. So he who waits upon his master, shall come to honor.
19 As in water, face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects man.
20 Hell and destruction can never be full; so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
21 As is the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is every man according to his praise.
22 Though you should grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle, among wheat, still his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flock. And pay attention to the herds.
24 For riches do not always remain, nor does the crown from generation to generation.
25 The hay presents itself and the grass appears. And the herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats for the price of the field.
27 And let the milk of the goats be sufficient for your food; for the food of your family and for the sustenance of your maids.
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