Proverbs 27

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¹ Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.	¹ Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today wil bring forth.
² Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.	² Let someone else sing your praises, but not your own mouth, a stranger, but not your own lips.
³ A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.	³ Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
⁴ Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?	⁴ Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
⁵ Open rebuke is better than hidden love.	⁵ Better open reproof than feigned love.
⁶ Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.	⁶ Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
⁷ A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.	⁷ The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds al bitterness sweet.
⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.	⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
⁹ Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.	⁹ Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
¹⁰ Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.	¹⁰ Do not give up your friend or your father's friend; when trouble comes, do not go off to your brother'shouse, better a near neighbour than a distant brother.
¹¹ Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.	¹¹ Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insultsme.
¹² The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.	¹² The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
¹³ Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.	¹³ Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for personsunknown.
¹⁴ He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.	¹⁴ Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
¹⁵ Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.	¹⁵ The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
¹⁶ He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.	¹⁶ whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.
¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.	¹⁷ Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.
¹⁸ He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.	¹⁸ Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master wil be honoured.
¹⁹ As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.	¹⁹ As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
²⁰ Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.	²⁰ Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
²¹ As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.	²¹ A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
²² Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.	²² Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his fol y wil not leave him.
²³ Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :	²³ Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
²⁴ For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.	²⁴ for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.
²⁵ The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.	²⁵ The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
²⁶ Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.	²⁶ you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
²⁷ Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.	²⁷ goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.

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