Proverbs 27
1Don’t brag about tomorrow,
2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
5An open rebuke
6Wounds from a sincere friend
7A person who is full refuses honey,
8A person who strays from home
9The heartfelt counsel of a friend
10Never abandon a friend—
11Be wise, my child,
12A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
13Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
15A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
17As iron sharpens iron,
18As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
19As a face is reflected in water,
20Just as Death and Destruction
21Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
23Know the state of your flocks,