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Proverbs 27, RSV

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

27:2 Let another 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 provocation is heavier than both.

27:4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

27:7 He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.

27:9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

27:10 Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

27:12 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

27:13 Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

27:14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

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

27:16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.

27:17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

27:18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

27:19 As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.

27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

27:21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.

27:22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;

27:24 for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

27:25 When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,

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

27:27 there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.

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