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27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you can never be certain what today may bring.
27:2  Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; let it come from the lips of someone else and not your own.
27:3  Stone is heavy and sand is a dead weight, but heavier than both is a fool’s provocation.
27:4  Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can withstand jealousy?
27:5  Better is an open rebuke than concealed love.
27:6  The blows given by a friend are well meant, but the kisses of an enemy are filled with deceit.
27:7  One whose appetite is sated refuses honey, but to the man who is hungry even bitter food tastes sweet.
27:8  Like a bird that strays from its nest is anyone who is far away from home.
27:9  Perfume and incense gladden the heart, and friendship’s sweetness comforts the soul.
27:10  Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your father, and do not run to your brother’s house when troubles befall you; far better is a friend nearby than a brother who is far away.
27:11  Acquire wisdom, my son, and gladden my heart, so that I may rebut anyone who insults me.
27:12  The prudent man perceives danger and seeks shelter, while the simple continue forward and pay the penalty.
27:13  Take the garment of anyone who becomes surety for a stranger; demand a pledge for persons unknown to you.
27:14  If someone blesses his neighbor at dawn with a loud voice, it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
27:15  A constant dripping on a rainy day is much like a nagging wife;
27:16  one might as well try to restrain the wind as to control her, or to pick up oil with one’s fingers.
27:17  As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor.
27:18  Whoever tends a fig tree eats its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
27:19  Just as water reflects one’s face, so does one human heart reflect another.
27:20  The netherworld and the abyss are never satisfied; the same is true of human eyes.
27:21  As silver is tested by a crucible and gold by a furnace, so too is a man tested by the praise he is given.
27:22  You may use a pestle to pound a fool into a mortar, but his folly will never be driven out of him.
27:23  Be aware at all times of the condition of your flocks and take good care of your herds.
27:24  For riches do not last forever, nor will a crown endure from age to age.
27:25  When the grass is gone and the aftergrowth appears and the green growth of the mountains is gathered,
27:26  the lambs will provide for your clothing, and the goats will give you the price of a field;
27:27  there will be enough goats’ milk to feed you and your household and to provide sustenance for your servant girls.