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27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
27:2  Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
27:3  A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
27:4  Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
27:5  Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
27:6  Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts, but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
27:7  The sated appetite spurns honey, but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
27:8  Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.
27:9  Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
27:10  Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred on the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbour who is nearby than kindred who are far away.
27:11  Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
27:12  The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
27:13  Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
27:14  Whoever blesses a neighbour with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
27:15  A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
27:16  to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.
27:17  Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
27:18  Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honoured.
27:19  Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
27:20  Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
27:21  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
27:22  Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
27:23  Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
27:24  for riches do not last for ever, nor a crown for all generations.
27:25  When the grass is gone, and new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
27:26  the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;
27:27  there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.