Proverbs - Chapter 27 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then.
  • 2. Let other people praise you---even strangers; never do it yourself.
  • 3. The weight of stone and sand is nothing compared to the trouble that stupidity can cause.
  • 4. Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.
  • 5. Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
  • 6. Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder---watch out!
  • 7. When you are full, you will refuse honey, but when you are hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.
  • 8. Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
  • 9. Perfume and fragrant oils make you feel happier, but trouble shatters your peace of mind.
  • 10. Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, don't ask a relative for help; a nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.
  • 11. Be wise, my child, and I will be happy; I will have an answer for anyone who criticizes me.
  • 12. Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.
  • 13. Any people stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger's debts deserve to have their own property held to guarantee payment.
  • 14. You might as well curse your friends as wake them up early in the morning with a loud greeting.
  • 15. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip on a rainy day.
  • 16. How can you keep her quiet? Have you ever tried to stop the wind or ever tried to hold a handful of oil?
  • 17. People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
  • 18. Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat. Servants who take care of their master will be honored.
  • 19. It is your own face that you see reflected in the water and it is your own self that you see in your heart.
  • 20. Human desires are like the world of the dead---there is always room for more.
  • 21. Fire tests gold and silver; a person's reputation can also be tested.
  • 22. Even if you beat fools half to death, you still can't beat their foolishness out of them.
  • 23. Look after your sheep and cattle as carefully as you can,
  • 24. because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.
  • 25. You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.
  • 26. You can make clothes from the wool of your sheep and buy land with the money you get from selling some of your goats.
  • 27. The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.
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