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Proverbs 27	Proverbs 27
Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.	Proverbs 27:1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.	Proverbs 27:2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.	Proverbs 27:3 A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?	Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Proverbs 27:5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.	Proverbs 27:5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.	Proverbs 27:6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
Proverbs 27:7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.	Proverbs 27:7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.	Proverbs 27:8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
Proverbs 27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.	Proverbs 27:9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
Proverbs 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.	Proverbs 27:10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.	Proverbs 27:11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
Proverbs 27:12 A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.	Proverbs 27:12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.	Proverbs 27:13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
Proverbs 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.	Proverbs 27:14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:	Proverbs 27:15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
Proverbs 27:16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.	Proverbs 27:16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.	Proverbs 27:17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
Proverbs 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.	Proverbs 27:18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
Proverbs 27:19 As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.	Proverbs 27:19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.	Proverbs 27:20 The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
Proverbs 27:21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.	Proverbs 27:21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
Proverbs 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.	Proverbs 27:22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
Proverbs 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:	Proverbs 27:23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?	Proverbs 27:24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
Proverbs 27:25 The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.	Proverbs 27:25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
Proverbs 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;	Proverbs 27:26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
Proverbs 27:27 And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.	Proverbs 27:27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.