^27:1 Do not boast in yourself of tomorrow, because you do not know what a day may bring forth.

    ^27:2 Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

    ^27:3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

    ^27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?

    ^27:5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

    ^27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are abundant.

    ^27:7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

    ^27:8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

    ^27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so too the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

    ^27:10 Do not forsake your own friend and your father's friend. And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

    ^27:11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, that I may answer he who reproaches me.

    ^27:12 A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself. The simple pass on and suffer for it.

    ^27:13 Take his garment that it is a surety for a stranger and hold him in pledge who is a surety for a strange woman.

    ^27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be considered a curse to him.

    ^27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ^27:16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind and his right hand encounters oil.

    ^27:17 Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

    ^27:18 He who keeps the fig tree will eat the fruit of it and he who regards his master will be honored.

    ^27:19 As in water face is to face, so the heart of a man is to a man.

    ^27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

    ^27:21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold and a man is tried by his praise.

    ^27:22 Though you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

    ^27:23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to your herds. ^27:24 Because riches are not everlasting. And does the crown endure to all generations?

    ^27:25 The hay is carried and the tender grass shows itself and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. ^27:26 The lambs are for your clothing and the goats are the cost of the field. ^27:27 And then will be goats' milk enough for your food; for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.