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Proverbs 27 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Warnings and Instructions

27 ^(A)Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you ^(B)do not know what a day may bring.
²Let ^(C)another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
³A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
⁴Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But ^(D)who can stand before jealousy?
⁵Better is ^(E)open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
⁶Faithful are the ^(F)wounds of a friend,
But ^[a]deceitful are the ^(G)kisses of an enemy.
⁷A satisfied ^[b]person ^[c]despises honey,
But to a hungry ^[d]person any bitter thing is sweet.
⁸Like a ^(H)bird that wanders from its nest,
So is a person who ^(I)wanders from his ^[e]home.
⁹^(J)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a ^[f]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.
¹⁰Do not abandon your ^(K)friend or ^(L)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
¹¹^(M)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may ^(N)reply to one who taunts me.
¹²A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
¹³^(O)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.
¹⁴^(P)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
¹⁵A ^(Q)constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
¹⁶He who would ^[g]restrain her ^[h]restrains the wind,
And ^[i]grasps oil with his right hand.
¹⁷As iron sharpens iron,
So one person sharpens another.
¹⁸One who tends the ^(R)fig tree will eat its fruit,
And one who ^(S)cares for his master will be honored.
¹⁹As in water a face reflects the face,
So the heart of a person reflects the person.
²⁰^[j]^(T)Sheol and ^[k]Abaddon are ^(U)never satisfied,
Nor are the ^(V)eyes of a person ever satisfied.
²¹The ^(W)crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each ^(X)is tested by the praise accorded him.
²²Though you ^(Y)pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
His foolishness still will not leave him.

²³^(Z)Know well the ^[l]condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
²⁴For riches are not forever,
Nor does a ^(AA)crown endure to all generations.
²⁵When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are ^(AB)gathered in,
²⁶The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,
²⁷And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your attendants.

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