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Proverbs 27 (AMP)

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¹ DO NOT boast of tomorrow, for you know not what a day may bring forth. ² Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. ³ Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them. ⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood, but who is able to stand before jealousy? ⁵ Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. ⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are lavish and deceitful. ⁷ He who is satiated loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸ Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home. ⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart. ¹⁰ Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither 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 off . ¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me . ¹² A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished . ¹³ Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners. ¹⁴ The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him . ¹⁵ A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike; ¹⁶ Whoever attempts to restrain might as well try to stop the wind--his right hand encounters oil . ¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend . ¹⁸ Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored. ¹⁹ As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man. ²⁰ Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so the eyes of man is never satisfied. ²¹ As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold , so let a man be in his trial of praise . ²² Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. ²³ Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds; ²⁴ For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to all generations? ²⁵ When the hay is gone, the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountain are gathered in, ²⁶ The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. ²⁷ And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maids.