|
|
 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Warnings and Instructions |
|
|
 |
| Proverbs 27:1 |
|
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not
know what a day may bring forth. |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:2 |
|
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips. |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:3 |
|
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the
provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:4 |
|
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who
can stand before jealousy? |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:5 |
|
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
|
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:6 |
|
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful
are the kisses of an enemy. |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:7 |
|
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished
man any bitter thing is sweet. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:8 |
|
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is
a man who wanders from his home. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:9 |
|
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's
counsel is sweet to his friend. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:10 |
|
Do not forsake your own friend or your father's
friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better
is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:11 |
|
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That
I may reply to him who reproaches me. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:12 |
|
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The
naive proceed and pay the penalty. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:13 |
|
Take his garment when he becomes surety for
a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:14 |
|
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice
early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:15 |
|
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike; |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:16 |
|
He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:17 |
|
Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:18 |
|
He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored. |
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:19 |
|
As in water face reflects face, So the heart
of man reflects man. |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:20 |
|
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are
the eyes of man ever satisfied. |
| |
|
|
| Proverbs 27:21 |
|
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for
gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him. |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:22 |
|
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him. |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:23 |
|
Know well the condition of your flocks, And
pay attention to your herds; |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:24 |
|
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown
endure to all generations. |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:25 |
|
When the grass disappears, the new growth is
seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:26 |
|
The lambs will be for your clothing, And the
goats will bring the price of a field, |
|
|
|
|
| Proverbs 27:27 |
|
And there will be goats' milk enough for your
food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
