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Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, since you do not know what today will bring forth.
2 Let the other man praise you, but not your own mouth. A stranger, but not your lips.
3 Heaviness of stone, weight of sand, heavier than both: annoyance from a fool.
4 Cruelty of wrath, surge of anger. But jealousy, who can withstand that?
5 Better open reproof than voiceless love.
6 From one who loves, wounds are well-intentioned; from one who hates, kisses are ominous.
7 The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds all bitterness sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is the man who strays from where he belongs.
9 Fragrant oil gladdens the heart, friendship’s sweetness comforts the soul.
10 Do not abandon friend, or father’s friend; when trouble comes, do not go running to your brother’s house. Better a friend near than a brother far away.
11 Learn to be wise, my son, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for the man who insults me.
12 The discreet man sees danger and takes shelter, the ignorant go forward and pay for it.
13 Take the man’s clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Seize him to the profit of persons unknown!
14 He who at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour is accounted to curse.
15 The steady dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a scolding woman are alike.
16 Whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and with his right hand grasp oil.
17 Iron is made the finer by iron, a man is refined by contact with his neighbour.
18 He who tends the fig tree eats its figs, he who looks after his master shall be honoured.
19 As no two faces are ever alike, unlike, too, are the hearts of men.
20 Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
21 A crucible for silver, a furnace for gold, a man for testing the words of flatterers.
22 Pound the fool in a mortar as you may, you will not separate him from his folly.
23 Know your flocks’ condition well, take good care of your herds;
24 since riches do not last for ever, wealth is not handed down from age to age.
25 The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
26 you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to pay for your fields,
27 goat’s milk sufficient to feed you, and to provide for your serving girls.