Proverbs 27:1-27 NET

[1] Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth. [2] Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. [3] A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. [4] Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? [5] Better is open rebuke than hidden love. [6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. [7] The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. [8] Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. [9] Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel. [10] Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. [11] Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me. [12] A shrewd person saw danger-he hid himself; the naive passed right on by-they had to pay for it. [13] Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger. [14] If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him. [15] A continual dripping on a rainy day-a contentious wife makes herself like that. [16] Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand. [17] As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend. [18] The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored. [19] As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person. [20] As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied. [21] As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test. [22] If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. [23] Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds, [24] for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. [25] When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, [26] the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. [27] And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.