Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 27

Don’t about tomorrow -- you have no idea what a single day might bring.Let someone else , not your own mouth -- a stranger, not your own lips.A stone is heavy, sand weighs you down -- but the caused by a outweighs them both.Rage is cruel and anger floods over you -- but who can stand against ?An honest out in the open is better than that stays hidden. from someone who loves you can be trusted, but an enemy will .Someone who’s full turns away even , but to someone who’s starving, even something bitter tastes sweet.Someone who from home is like a bird that wanders from its nest. make the heart glad -- and the sweetness of a friend’s comes from the .Don’t abandon your or your father’s friend. And don’t run to your brother’s house when disaster strikes -- a close neighbor is better than a distant brother.Be , , and bring joy to my heart -- then I’ll have an answer for anyone who mocks me.A person sees danger and takes cover; the keep going and pay the price.Take his coat -- he put up for a stranger. Hold it as security since he guaranteed a loan for an .If you loudly call out a to your neighbor early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse.A constant drip on a rainy day and a woman are alike --trying to her is like trying to restrain the wind, or grabbing oil with your right hand.As iron iron, so one person sharpens another.Whoever a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever watches over their master will be .As water reflects your face, so your reflects who you really are. and are never satisfied, and the eyes of a person are never satisfied either.The tests silver and the furnace tests gold -- and a person is by the praise they receive.Even if you a fool with a pestle in a mortar, grinding them along with the grain, their still won’t leave them. your flocks well, pay close attention to your herds --because doesn’t last forever, and even a doesn’t endure through every generation.When the is gathered and new growth appears and the mountain herbs are collected --the will provide your clothing, and the goats will buy you a field.And there will be enough goat’s milk to feed you, to feed your household, and to your .