Proverb 27

Pro 27:1 Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Pro 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; let it be a stranger, and not your own lips.
Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool’s anger is heavier than both.
Pro 27:4 Fury is fierce, and anger overflows, but who can stand before jealousy?
Pro 27:5 Better is revealed reproof than secret love.
Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, and plentiful are the kisses of one hating.
Pro 27:7 One who is full tramples a honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Pro 27:8 A man wandering from his place is like a bird that wanders from the nest.
Pro 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, and one’s friend is sweet from the counsel of the soul.
Pro 27:10 Do not forsake your friend, nor your father’s friend, and do not go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity, for a near neighbor is better than a brother far away.
Pro 27:11 My son, become wise and give joy to my heart, so that I may return a word to him that taunts me.
Pro 27:12 A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself; the simple go on and are punished.
Pro 27:13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.
Pro 27:14 He who rises early in the morning and blesses his friend with a loud voice, it is counted as cursing to him.
Pro 27:15 Drops that never cease on a rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike;
Pro 27:16 he who hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand cries out.
Pro 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens his friend’s face.
Pro 27:18 The keeper of the fig tree eats its fruit, so he keeping his master is honored.
Pro 27:19 As face reflects face in the water, so the heart of man reflects a man.
Pro 27:20 Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Pro 27:21 The refining pot tries silver, and the furnace tries gold, but a man is tried by the mouth of his praise.
Pro 27:22 If you pound a fool in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.
Pro 27:23 Know well the face of your flock; set your heart on your herds,
Pro 27:24 for wealth is not forever, nor the crown from generation to generation.
Pro 27:25 When the grass is revealed, and the new grass is seen, and the mountain plants are taken up,
Pro 27:26 the lambs will be for your clothing, and the he goats the price for a field,
Pro 27:27 and there will be goat’s milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the life of your maidens.

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