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Proverbs 27

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what the day may bring.

2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a dead weight, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.

4 Fury is cruel and anger overwhelming, but who can stand up to jealousy?

5 Better open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend are received as well-meant, but an enemy's kisses are insincere.

7 A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.

8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, [also] friendship sweet with advice from the heart.

10 Don't abandon a friend who is also a friend of your father. Don't enter your brother's house on the day of your calamity -better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

11 My son, become wise, and gladden my heart, so that I can answer my critics.

12 The clever see trouble coming and hide; the thoughtless go on and pay the penalty.

13 Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.

14 Whoever greets his neighbor in a loud voice at dawn might just as well have cursed him.

15 A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day and the nagging of a wife are the same -

16 whoever can restrain her can restrain the wind or keep perfume on his hand from making itself known.

17 Just as iron sharpens iron, a person sharpens the character of his friend.

18 Whoever tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who is attentive to his master will be honored.

19 Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.

20 Sh'ol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.

21 The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold, but a person [is tested] by [his reaction to] praise.

22 You can crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle, along with the grain being crushed; yet his foolishness will not leave him.

23 Take care to know the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.

24 For wealth doesn't last forever, neither does a crown through all generations.

25 When the hay has been mown, and the new grass appears, and the mountain greens have been gathered;

26 the lambs will provide your clothing, the goats will sell for enough to buy a field,

27 and there will be enough goat's milk to [buy] food for you and your household and maintenance for your servant-girls.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

2 Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.

3 Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.

4 We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?

5 A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.

6 The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.

7 When you've stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you're starved, you could eat a horse.

8 People who won't settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.

9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.

10 Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.

11 Become wise, dear child, and make me happy; then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.

12 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.

13 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.

14 If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting "Rise and shine!" It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing.

15 A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;

16 You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it. Your Face Mirrors Your Heart

17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.

18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored.

19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

20 Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.

21 The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; The purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little fame.

22 Pound on a fool all you like - you can't pound out foolishness.

23 Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks;

24 (Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.)

25 And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barns,

26 You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit;

27 There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter.