Proverbs 27:1-27 NLT

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