Proverbs Capítulo 27

This is a book of maxims of wisdom, ethical teachings and common sense about how to live a right life.

A Conservative Version

27 : 1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.

27 : 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

27 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation 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 profuse.

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 Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy 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 him 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 who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.

27 : 14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall 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 shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall 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 thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

27 : 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

27 : 24 For riches are not forever. 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 thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field.

27 : 27 And then will be goats' milk enough for thy food; for the food of thy household, and maintenance for thy maidens.