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Proverbs 27:1-6

1 Don't brag about tomorrow. You don't know what a day will bring.

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

2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth. Let someone else praise you, and not your own lips.

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

3 Stones are heavy. Sand weighs a lot. But letting a foolish person make you angry is a heavier load than both of them.

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

4 Anger is mean. Great anger overpowers you. But who can face jealousy?

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

5 Being warned openly is better than being loved in secret.

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted. But an enemy kisses you many times.

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