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