27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

27:3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool 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 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.

27:10 Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you--better a neighbor nearby than a brother 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 suffer for it.

27:13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

27:14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

27:15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

27:16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

27:18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

27:20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

27:21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

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 you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.