Proverbs 27

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today wil bring forth.	1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.
2 Let someone else sing your praises, but not your own mouth, a stranger, but not your own lips.	2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.
3 Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.	3 A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.
4 Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?	4 Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
5 Better open reproof than feigned love.	5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.	6 The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
7 The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds al bitterness sweet.	7 A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.	8 Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
9 Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.	9 Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
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.	10 Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
11 Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insultsme.	11 My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
12 The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.	12 The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
13 Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for personsunknown.	13 Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.
14 Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.	14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.
15 The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;	15 A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
16 whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.	16 He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.	17 Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master wil be honoured.	18 Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
19 As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.	19 In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
20 Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.	20 Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
21 A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.	21 In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
22 Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his fol y wil not leave him.	22 Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
23 Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;	23 Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,
24 for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.	24 for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.
25 The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,	25 The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.
26 you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,	26 Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.
27 goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.	27 Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.