◄ Proverbs 27 ►
JPS Tanakh 1917 1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both. 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? 5Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are importunate. 7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity; Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that taunteth me. 12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished. 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman. 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. 15A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike; 16He that would hide her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself. 17Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man. 20The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; So the eyes of man are never satiated. 21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, And a man is tried by his praise. 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds; 24For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations? 25When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in; 26The lambs will be for thy clothing, And the goats the price for a field. 27And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens. JPS Tanakh 1917: THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT. A NEW TRANSLATION. Jewish Publication Society. 1917. Bible Hub