Proverbs 27 : 1 (NLT)
Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring.
Proverbs 27 : 2 (NLT)
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth-- a stranger, not your own lips.
Proverbs 27 : 3 (NLT)
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
Proverbs 27 : 4 (NLT)
Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Proverbs 27 : 5 (NLT)
An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
Proverbs 27 : 6 (NLT)
Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.
Proverbs 27 : 7 (NLT)
A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
Proverbs 27 : 8 (NLT)
A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.
Proverbs 27 : 9 (NLT)
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Proverbs 27 : 10 (NLT)
Never abandon a friend-- either yours or your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance. It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
Proverbs 27 : 11 (NLT)
Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics.
Proverbs 27 : 12 (NLT)
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Proverbs 27 : 13 (NLT)
Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.
Proverbs 27 : 14 (NLT)
A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!
Proverbs 27 : 15 (NLT)
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Proverbs 27 : 16 (NLT)
Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.
Proverbs 27 : 17 (NLT)
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27 : 18 (NLT)
As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employer's interests will be rewarded.
Proverbs 27 : 19 (NLT)
As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.
Proverbs 27 : 20 (NLT)
Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.
Proverbs 27 : 21 (NLT)
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.
Proverbs 27 : 22 (NLT)
You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Proverbs 27 : 23 (NLT)
Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds,
Proverbs 27 : 24 (NLT)
for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
Proverbs 27 : 25 (NLT)
After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
Proverbs 27 : 26 (NLT)
your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.
Proverbs 27 : 27 (NLT)
And you will have enough goats' milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.
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