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outsider, and not your own lips.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Stone is heavy and sand a burden,</p><p class="line2">but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,</p><p class="line2">but who can stand before jealousy?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Better is open rebuke</p><p class="line2">than hidden love.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wounds from a friend can be trusted,</p><p class="line2">but an enemy multiplies kisses.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>One who is full loathes honey from the comb,</p><p class="line2">but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Like a bird that flees its nest</p><p class="line2">is anyone who flees from home.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,</p><p class="line2">and the pleasantness of a friend</p><p class="line2">springs from their heartfelt advice.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,</p><p class="line2">and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—</p><p class="line2">better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;</p><p class="line2">then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prudent see danger and take refuge,</p><p class="line2">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</p><p class="line2">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,</p><p class="line2">it will be taken as a curse.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping</p><p class="line2">of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>restraining her is like restraining the wind</p><p class="line2">or grasping oil with the hand.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As iron sharpens iron,</p><p class="line2">so one person sharpens another.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,</p><p class="line2">and whoever protects their master will be honored.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As water reflects the face,</p><p class="line2">so one’s life reflects the heart. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or so others reflect your heart back to you">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Death and Destruction <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Abaddon">b</a></sup></span> are never satisfied,</p><p class="line2">and neither are human eyes.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</p><p class="line2">but people are tested by their praise.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Though you grind a fool in a mortar,</p><p class="line2">grinding them like grain with a pestle,</p><p class="line2">you will not remove their folly from them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,</p><p class="line2">give careful attention to your herds;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for riches do not endure forever,</p><p class="line2">and a crown is not secure for all generations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When the hay is removed and new growth appears</p><p class="line2">and the grass from the hills is gathered in,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>the lambs will provide you with clothing,</p><p class="line2">and the goats with the price of a field.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family</p><p class="line2">and to nourish your female servants.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>so others reflect your heart back to you</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Abaddon</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New 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