Proverbs 27:1-27 LSB

[1] Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. [2] Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; A foreigner, and not your own lips. [3] A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of an ignorant fool is heavier than both of them. [4] Wrath is cruelty and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy? [5] Better is reproof that is revealed Than love that is hidden. [6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. [7] A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet. [8] Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his place. [9] Oil and incense make the heart glad, So counsel from the soul is sweet to his friend. [10] Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away. [11] Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may respond with a word to him who reproaches me. [12] A prudent man sees evil and hides, The simple pass on and are punished. [13] Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize it as a pledge. [14] He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be counted as a curse to him. [15] A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; [16] He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand. [17] Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. [18] He who guards the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who keeps watch for his master will be honored. [19] As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man. [20] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, So the eyes of man are never satisfied. [21] The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the mouth that praises him. [22] Though you pound an ignorant fool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain, His folly will not turn aside from him. [23] Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds; [24] For wealth is not forever, Neither is a crown from generation to generation. [25] When the grass disappears and the vegetation appears, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, [26] The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field, [27] And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.