Proverbs 27 : 1 (NCV)
Don't brag about tomorrow; you don't know what may happen then.
Proverbs 27 : 2 (NCV)
Don't praise yourself. Let someone else do it. Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.
Proverbs 27 : 3 (NCV)
Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a complaining fool is worse than either.
Proverbs 27 : 4 (NCV)
Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!
Proverbs 27 : 5 (NCV)
It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
Proverbs 27 : 6 (NCV)
The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
Proverbs 27 : 7 (NCV)
When you are full, not even honey tastes good, but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
Proverbs 27 : 8 (NCV)
A person who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.
Proverbs 27 : 9 (NCV)
The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant, and so is good advice from a friend.
Proverbs 27 : 10 (NCV)
Don't forget your friend or your parent's friend. Don't always go to your family for help when trouble comes. A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.
Proverbs 27 : 11 (NCV)
Be wise, my child, and make me happy. Then I can respond to any insult.
Proverbs 27 : 12 (NCV)
The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.
Proverbs 27 : 13 (NCV)
Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger's loan, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
Proverbs 27 : 14 (NCV)
If you loudly greet your neighbor early in the morning, he will think of it as a curse.
Proverbs 27 : 15 (NCV)
A quarreling wife is as bothersome as a continual dripping on a rainy day.
Proverbs 27 : 16 (NCV)
Stopping her is like stopping the wind or trying to grab oil in your hand.
Proverbs 27 : 17 (NCV)
As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.
Proverbs 27 : 18 (NCV)
Whoever tends a fig tree gets to eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will receive honor.
Proverbs 27 : 19 (NCV)
As water reflects your face, so your mind shows what kind of person you are.
Proverbs 27 : 20 (NCV)
People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.
Proverbs 27 : 21 (NCV)
A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.
Proverbs 27 : 22 (NCV)
Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn't remove the foolishness.
Proverbs 27 : 23 (NCV)
Be sure you know how your sheep are doing, and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.
Proverbs 27 : 24 (NCV)
Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever.
Proverbs 27 : 25 (NCV)
Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills.
Proverbs 27 : 26 (NCV)
Make clothes from the lambs' wool, and sell some goats to buy a field.
Proverbs 27 : 27 (NCV)
There will be plenty of goat's milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.
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