27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
27:2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and 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 fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
27:7 One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
27:8 Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
27:10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you - better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
27:12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
27:13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
27:14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
27:15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
27:16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
27:18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
27:19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.* / *Or so others reflect your heart back to you
27:20 Death and Destruction* are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. / *Hebrew Abaddon
27:21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
27:23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
27:24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
27:25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
27:26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27:27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.