Proverbs 27:1-27 CEB

[1] Don’t brag about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day will bring. [2] Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. [3] A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both. [4] Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy? [5] A public correction is better than hidden love. [6] Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend; excessive are the kisses of an enemy. [7] Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person. [8] Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is one who wanders from home. [9] Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice. [10] Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family; don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes. Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. [11] Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so I can answer those who insult me. [12] Prudent people see evil and hide; the simpleminded go right to it and get punished. [13] Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; take his pledge for a foreigner. [14] Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be viewed as a curse. [15] The constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; [16] anyone who can control her can control the wind or pick up oil in his hand. [17] As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens a friend. [18] Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who look after their master will be honored. [19] As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects one person to another. [20] The grave and the underworld are never satisfied; and people’s eyes are never satisfied. [21] A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold; so are people in the presence of someone who praises them. [22] Even if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won’t be driven from them. [23] Know your flock well; pay attention to your herds, [24] for no treasure lasts forever, nor a crown generation after generation. [25] When the grass goes away, new growth appears, and the plants of the hills are gathered, [26] then the lambs will provide your clothes, and the goats will be the price of your fields. [27] There will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your house, and to nourish your young women.