Proverbs 27 / 31
- 1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
- 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
- 3Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
- 4Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- 6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
- 7He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
- 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
- 9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
- 10Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- 11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
- 12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
- 13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
- 14If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
- 15A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
- 16restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
- 17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- 18He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
- 19As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
- 20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
- 21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
- 22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
- 23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
- 24for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
- 25When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
- 26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- 27You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.