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27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth.
27:2  Let another praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, not your own lips.
27:3  Stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
27:4  Anger is cruel, and wrath overwhelming, but before jealousy who can stand?
27:5  Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.
27:6  Trustworthy are the blows of a friend, dangerous, the kisses of an enemy.
27:7  One who is full spurns honey; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
27:8  Like a bird far from the nest so is anyone far from home.
27:9  Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, but by grief the soul is torn asunder.
27:10  Do not give up your own friend and your father’s friend; do not resort to the house of your kindred when trouble strikes. Better a neighbor near than kin far away.
27:11  Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer whoever taunts me.
27:12  The astute see an evil and hide; the naive continue on and pay the penalty.
27:13  Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for a foreign woman, exact the pledge!
27:14  Those who greet their neighbor with a loud voice in the early morning, a curse can be laid to their charge.
27:15  For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match is a quarrelsome wife;
27:16  Whoever would hide her hides a stormwind and cannot tell north from south.
27:17  Iron is sharpened by iron; one person sharpens another.
27:18  Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit; so those attentive to their master will be honored.
27:19  As face mirrors face in water, so the heart reflects the person.
27:20  Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied; so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.
27:21  The crucible for silver, the furnace for gold, so you must assay the praise you receive.
27:22  Though you pound fools with a pestle, their folly never leaves them.
27:23  Take good care of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
27:24  For wealth does not last forever, nor even a crown from age to age.
27:25  When the grass comes up and the new growth appears, and the mountain greens are gathered in,
27:26  The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats, the price of a field,
27:27  And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.