Proverbs 27
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Proverbs 27
1 #
Lk 12.19, 20; Jas 4.14 Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 #
Prov 25.27; 2 Cor 10.12, 18 Let another praise you and not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.
3 #
Prov 12.16
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 #
Prov 28.23
Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7 #
Prov 25.16
The sated appetite spurns honey,
but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
8Like a bird that strays from its nest
is one who strays from home.
9Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
but the soul is torn by trouble.#27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel
10 #
2 Chr 10.6–8; Prov 17.17; 18.24 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.
11 #
Ps 119.42; Prov 10.1; 23.15 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 #
Prov 22.3
The clever see danger and hide,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
13 #
Prov 20.16
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.#27.13 Vg and 20.16: Heb for a foreign woman
14Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
15 #
Prov 19.13
A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike;
16to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp oil in the right hand.#27.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits#27.17 Heb face of another.
18 #
Lk 12.42–44; 19.17; 1 Cor 9.7 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
19Just as water reflects the face,
so one human heart reflects another.
20 #
Eccl 1.8; Hab 2.5 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.
21 #
Lk 6.26
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
so a person is tested#27.21 Heb lacks is tested by being praised.
22 #
Prov 23.35; Jer 5.3 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
but the folly will not be driven out.
23Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds,
24 #
Job 19.9; Prov 23.5 for riches do not last forever,
nor a crown for all generations.
25 #
Ps 104.14
When the grass is gone, and new growth appears,
and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
26the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field;
27there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and nourishment for your female servants.
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