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Proverbs 27

Common English Bible CEB

1 Don't brag about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day will bring.

2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

5 A public correction is better than hidden love.

6 Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend; excessive are the kisses of an enemy.

7 Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

8 Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is one who wanders from home.

9 Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.

10 Don't desert your friend or a friend of your family; don't go to your relative's house when disaster strikes. Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so I can answer those who insult me.

12 Prudent people see evil and hide; the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

13 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; take his pledge for a foreigner.

14 Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be viewed as a curse.

15 The constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

16 anyone who can control her can control the wind or pick up oil in his hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so friends sharpen each other's faces.

18 Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who look after their master will be honored.

19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects one person to another.

20 The grave and the underworld are never satisfied; and people's eyes are never satisfied.

21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.

22 Even if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won't be driven from them.

23 Know your flock well; pay attention to your herds,

24 for no treasure lasts forever, nor a crown generation after generation.

25 When the grass goes away, new growth appears, and the plants of the hills are gathered,

26 then the lambs will provide your clothes, and the goats will be the price of your fields.

27 There will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your house, and to nourish your young women.

New International Version NIV

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

2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

7 One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

8 Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.

10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.

19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.