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Proverbs 27

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1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
7 The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
7 One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
8 Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
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 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 [As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
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 thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27 And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
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