Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 27:17-27"

Proverbs 27:17-27

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

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

18 Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who look after their 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 water reflects the face, so the heart reflects one person to another.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Know your flock well; pay attention to your herds,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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