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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 27 Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">HPBT</a> > Proverbs 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/26.htm" title="Proverbs 26">◄</a> Proverbs 27 <a href="../proverbs/28.htm" title="Proverbs 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what it brings forth.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth, and another, and not your own lips.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Stone is heavy and sand is weighty, and the wrath of the fool is heavier than both.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Presumption is rage and impetuosity is passion, but who shall stand before envy?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Public rebuke is better than secret love.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>The wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>The soul that is full treads on honeycombs, and even bitter things are sweet to the hungry soul.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Like a bird that leaves its nest, so is a man that is removed from his place.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>As oil and fragrances give joy to the heart, so is he that is sweet to his neighbor in the counsel of his soul.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your father, and do not enter the house of your brother in the day of your brokenness; better is a neighbor that is near than the brother that is distant.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Be wise my son, and gladden my heart, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>A cunning man sees evil and is hidden, but fools have passed by it and have suffered loss.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>The cloak of him who is security for a stranger is taken, and for the person of a stranger he pledges it.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>He that blesses his neighbor with flattery in a loud voice is not different from him that pronounces a curse.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Like a dripping that drips abundantly on a day of heavy rain, so is a contentious woman.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>The North wind is severe, and it is called by name "Propitious.”<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the person of his neighbor.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>He that keeps a fig tree will eat of its fruit and he that is watchful of his Master will be praised.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>As faces are not alike, so hearts are not alike.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Sheol and destruction are not full, neither are the eyes of men satisfied.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>A refining pot proves silver, and a furnace: gold, so is a man proven by the mouth of his praisers. The heart of the evil seeks evil, and the heart of the pure seeks knowledge.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>If you strike a fool in the assembly, you do not help him, neither do you remove his foolishness.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Whenever you shepherd, know the faces of your sheep, and set your heart upon your flock.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Because dominion is not forever, neither is it delivered generation to generation.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>Grass sprouts and new grass appears, and the green herb is gathered from the mountains.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>Lambs for your clothes and kids for your food<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>And the milk of goats for your food and for the food of your house. <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated<br>Translated by Glenn David Bauscher<br>Glenn David Bauscher<br>Lulu Publishing<br>Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing<br>3rd edition Copyright © 2019<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>