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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;a stranger, and not your own lips. 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. 27:4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming;but who can stand before jealousy? 27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;profuse are the kisses of an enemy. 27:7 He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. 27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home. 27:9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble. 27:10 Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake;and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. 27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. 27:12 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;but the simple go on, and suffer for it. 27:13 Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners. 27:14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; 27:16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand. 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. 27:18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. 27:19 As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man. 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. 27:21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise. 27:22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. 27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds; 27:24 for riches do not last for ever;and does a crown endure to all generations? 27:25 When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered, 27:26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field; 27:27 there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.