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27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what it brings forth.
27:2  Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth, and another, and not your own lips.
27:3  Stone is heavy and sand is weighty, and the wrath of the fool is heavier than both.
27:4  Presumption is rage and impetuosity is passion, but who shall stand before envy?
27:5  Public rebuke is better than secret love.
27:6  The wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy.
27:7  The soul that is full treads on honeycombs, and even bitter things are sweet to the hungry soul.
27:8  Like a bird that leaves its nest, so is a man that is removed from his place.
27:9  As oil and fragrances give joy to the heart, so is he that is sweet to his neighbor in the counsel of his soul.
27:10  Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your father, and do not enter the house of your brother in the day of your brokenness; better is a neighbor that is near than the brother that is distant.
27:11  Be wise my son, and gladden my heart, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me.
27:12  A cunning man sees evil and is hidden, but fools have passed by it and have suffered loss.
27:13  The cloak of him who is security for a stranger is taken, and for the person of a stranger he pledges it.
27:14  He that blesses his neighbor with flattery in a loud voice is not different from him that pronounces a curse.
27:15  Like a dripping that drips abundantly on a day of heavy rain, so is a contentious woman.
27:16  The North wind is severe, and it is called by name “Propitious.”
27:17  Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the person of his neighbor.
27:18  He that keeps a fig tree will eat of its fruit and he that is watchful of his Master will be praised.
27:19  As faces are not alike, so hearts are not alike.
27:20  Sheol and destruction are not full, neither are the eyes of men satisfied.
27:21  A refining pot proves silver, and a furnace- gold, so is a man proven by the mouth of his praisers.
27:22  If you strike a fool in the assembly, you do not help him, neither do you remove his foolishness.
27:23  Whenever you shepherd, know the faces of your sheep, and set your heart upon your flock.
27:24  Because dominion is not forever, neither is it delivered generation to generation.
27:25  Grass sprouts and new grass appears, and the green herb is gathered from the mountains.
27:26  Lambs for your clothes and kids for your food
27:27  And the milk of goats for your food and for the food of your house.