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Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life

Proverbs 27:1-27

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Chapter 27
1 Do not praise yourself on the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what the day will bring. 2 May a stranger praise you, and not your mouth; a foreigner, and not your lips. 3 Heavy is a stone, and a burden of sand is heavy, and vexation of a fool is heavier than both. 4 Cruelty, heat, and flooding anger—and who can stand before jealousy? 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, and abundant are the kisses of a hater. 7 A sated soul tramples a honeycomb, but to a famished soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is a man wandering from his place. 9 Oil and incense gladden the heart, and the sweetness of his friend comes from the counsel of his soul. 10 Do not abandon your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house on the day of your calamity. A nearby neighbor is better than a distant brother. 11 My son, be wise and gladden my heart, and I will have a word to return against one who rebukes me. 12 The prudent see evil and hide themselves; the naive pass on and suffer punishment. 13 Take his garment, for he has pledged for a stranger, and for her foreignness seize him. 14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning—it will be counted a curse to him. 15 A constant dripping on a day of pouring rain, and a contentious wife is persistent. 16 She stores up stores of wind, and her right hand calls oil. 17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens the face of his רעהו. 18 One who keeps a fig tree eats its fruit, and one who guards his master honors him. 19 As in water face reflects face, so a person’s heart reflects another. 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a person is tested by his praise. 22 If you pound the fool in a mortar among the burnt offerings with a pestle, his folly will not turn away from him. 23 Know well the face of your flock; set your heart to the flocks. 24 For wealth is not forever, nor is a crown to generation after generation. 25 Grass reveals itself, and tender grass appears—and the herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 lambs for your clothing and the price of the field of goats 27 And there will be goats' fat for your bread, and bread for your household, and life for your young women.