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Proverbs 27 (WEBP)

[1] Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
[6] The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
[11] Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
[17] Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheol° and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
[23] Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
[24] for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Proverbs 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 27 (KJVS)

[1] Boast H1984 (8691) not thyself of to morrow H4279; for thou knowest H3045 (8799) not what a day H3117 may bring forth H3205 (8799).
[2] Let another man H2114 (8801) praise H1984 (8762) thee, and not thine own mouth H6310; a stranger H5237, and not thine own lips H8193.
[3] A stone H68 [is] heavy H3514, and the sand H2344 weighty H5192; but a fool’s H191 wrath H3708 [is] heavier H3515 than them both H8147.
[4] Wrath H2534 [is] cruel H395, and anger H639 [is] outrageous H7858; but who [is] able to stand H5975 (8799) before H6440 envy H7068?
[5] Open H1540 (8794) rebuke H8433 [is] better H2896 than secret H5641 (8794) love H160.
[6] Faithful H539 (8737) [are] the wounds H6482 of a friend H157 (8802); but the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 (8802) [are] deceitful H6280 (8737).
[7] The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947 (8799) an honeycomb H5317; but to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every bitter thing H4751 is sweet H4966.
[8] As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 (8802) from her nest H7064, so [is] a man H376 that wandereth H5074 (8802) from his place H4725.
[9] Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 (8762) the heart H3820: so [doth] the sweetness H4986 of a man’s friend H7453 by hearty H5315 counsel H6098.
[10] Thine own friend H7453, and thy father’s H1 friend H7453, forsake H5800 (8799) not; neither go H935 (8799) into thy brother’s H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity H343: [for] better H2896 [is] a neighbour H7934 [that is] near H7138 than a brother H251 far off H7350.
[11] My son H1121, be wise H2449 (8798), and make my heart H3820 glad H8055 (8761), that I may answer H7725 (8686) H1697 him that reproacheth H2778 (8802) me.
[12] A prudent H6175 [man] foreseeth H7200 (8804) the evil H7451, [and] hideth H5641 (8738) himself; [but] the simple H6612 pass on H5674 (8804), [and] are punished H6064 (8738).
[13] Take H3947 (8798) his garment H899 that is surety H6148 (8804) for a stranger H2114 (8801), and take a pledge H2254 (8798) of him for a strange woman H5237.
[14] He that blesseth H1288 (8764) his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, rising early H7925 (8687) in the morning H1242, it shall be counted H2803 (8735) a curse H7045 to him.
[15] A continual H2956 (8802) dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117 and a contentious H4079 (8675) H4066 woman H802 are alike H7737 (8739).
[16] Whosoever hideth H6845 (8802) her hideth H6845 (8804) the wind H7307, and the ointment H8081 of his right hand H3225, [which] bewrayeth H7121 (8799) [itself].
[17] Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 (8799) iron H1270; so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 (8686) the countenance H6440 of his friend H7453.
[18] Whoso keepeth H5341 (8802) the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 (8799) the fruit H6529 thereof: so he that waiteth H8104 (8802) on his master H113 shall be honoured H3513 (8792).
[19] As in water H4325 face H6440 [answereth] to face H6440, so the heart H3820 of man H120 to man H120.
[20] Hell H7585 and destruction H11 (8675) H10 are never H3808 full H7646 (8799); so the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never satisfied H7646 (8799).
[21] [As] the fining pot H4715 for silver H3701, and the furnace H3564 for gold H2091; so [is] a man H376 to H6310 his praise H4110.
[22] Though thou shouldest bray H3806 (8799) a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle H5940, [yet] will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 (8799) from him.
[23] Be thou diligent H3045 (8799) to know H3045 (8800) the state H6440 of thy flocks H6629, [and] look H7896 (8798) well H3820 to thy herds H5739.
[24] For riches H2633 [are] not for ever H5769: and doth the crown H5145 [endure] to every H1755 generation H1755?
[25] The hay H2682 appeareth H1540 (8804), and the tender grass H1877 sheweth H7200 (8738) itself, and herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered H622 (8738).
[26] The lambs H3532 [are] for thy clothing H3830, and the goats H6260 [are] the price H4242 of the field H7704.
[27] And [thou shalt have] goats H5795’ milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food H3899, for the food H3899 of thy household H1004, and [for] the maintenance H2416 for thy maidens H5291.

Young’s Literal Translation

Proverbs 27 (YLT)

[1] Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
[2] Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
[4] Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
[5] Better is open reproof than hidden love.
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
[7] A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
[9] Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one’s friend-from counsel of the soul.
[10] Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
[11] Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
[12] The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
[13] Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
[14] Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
[15] A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
[16] Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
[17] Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
[18] The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
[19] As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
[20] Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
[21] A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
[22] If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things-with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
[23] Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
[24] For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
[25] Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
[26] Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,
[27] And a sufficiency of goats’ milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!