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stranger, and not your own lips.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,</span><br /><span class="indent">but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,</span><br /><span class="indent">but who can stand before jealousy?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Better is open rebuke</span><br /><span class="indent">than hidden love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Faithful are the wounds of a friend;</span><br /><span class="indent">profuse are the kisses of an enemy.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">One who is full loathes honey,</span><br /><span class="indent">but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Like a bird that strays from its nest</span><br /><span class="indent">is a man who strays from his home.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oil and perfume make the heart glad,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel">a</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,</span><br /><span class="indent">and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Better is a neighbor who is near</span><br /><span class="indent">than a brother who is far away.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,</span><br /><span class="indent">that I may answer him who reproaches me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The prudent sees danger and hides himself,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the simple go on and suffer for it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,</span><br /><span class="indent">and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,</span><br /><span class="indent">rising early in the morning,</span><br /><span class="indent">will be counted as cursing.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A continual dripping on a rainy day</span><br /><span class="indent">and a quarrelsome wife are alike;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to restrain her is to restrain the wind</span><br /><span class="indent">or to grasp<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew to meet with">c</a></sup></span> oil in one’s right hand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Iron sharpens iron,</span><br /><span class="indent">and one man sharpens another.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew sharpens the face of another">d</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he who guards his master will be honored.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As in water face reflects face,</span><br /><span class="indent">so the heart of man reflects the man.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,</span><br /><span class="indent">and never satisfied are the eyes of man.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,</span><br /><span class="indent">and a man is tested by his praise.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle</span><br /><span class="indent">along with crushed grain,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet his folly will not depart from him.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Know well the condition of your flocks,</span><br /><span class="indent">and give attention to your herds,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for riches do not last forever;</span><br /><span class="indent">and does a crown endure to all generations?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When the grass is gone and the new growth appears</span><br /><span class="indent">and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">the lambs will provide your clothing,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the goats the price of a field.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There will be enough goats’ milk for your food,</span><br /><span class="indent">for the food of your household</span><br /><span class="indent">and maintenance for your girls.</span><br /><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">a</span> foreign woman</i>; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) <i>foreigners</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">to</span> meet with</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">sharpens</span> the face of another</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard 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