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27:1  Don’t brag about what will happen tomorrow. You don’t really know what will happen then.
27:2  Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it. Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.
27:3  Stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry. But the complaining of a foolish person causes more trouble than either.
27:4  Anger is cruel. It destroys like a flood. But who can put up with jealousy!
27:5  It is better to correct someone openly than to love him and not show it.
27:6  The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you. But the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
27:7  When someone is full, not even honey tastes good. But when he is hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
27:8  A man who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.
27:9  Perfume and oils make you happy. And good advice from a friend is sweet.
27:10  Don’t forget your friend or your father’s friend. Don’t always go to your brother for help when trouble comes. A neighbor close by is better than a brother far away.
27:11  Be wise, my child, and you will make me happy. Then I can respond to any insult.
27:12  When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it. But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.
27:13  Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes. Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
27:14  Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning. He will think of it as a curse.
27:15  A quarreling wife is as bothersome as a continual dripping on a rainy day.
27:16  Stopping her is like stopping the wind. It’s like trying to grab oil in your hand.
27:17  Iron can sharpen iron. In the same way, people can help each other.
27:18  The person who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit. And the person who takes care of his master will be honored.
27:19  As water shows you your face, so your mind shows you what kind of person you are.
27:20  People will never stop dying and being destroyed. In the same way, people will never stop wanting more than they have.
27:21  A hot furnace tests silver and gold. And people are tested by the praise they receive.
27:22  Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove his foolishness.
27:23  Be sure you know how your sheep are doing. Pay close attention to the condition of your cattle.
27:24  Riches will not continue forever. Nor do governments continue forever.
27:25  Bring in the hay. Let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills.
27:26  Make clothes from the lambs’ wool. Sell some goats to buy a field.
27:27  There will be plenty of goat milk to feed you and your family. It will make your servant girls healthy.