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Proverbs 27:11-21

11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

12 [When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.

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

13 Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.

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 who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.

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

15 Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.

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

16 [In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.

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

17 [As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.

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

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards 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 waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

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

20 Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

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

21 A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man [is tested by] the mouth of him who praises him.

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