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Proverbs 27:12-22

12 The sensible see danger and take cover; the foolish keep going and are punished.

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

13 Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

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 one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

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

15 An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.

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

16 The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.

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

17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

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

18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

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

19 As the water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

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

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied.

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

21 Silver is [tested] in a crucible, gold in a smelter, and a man, by the praise he receives.

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 with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness 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.