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class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,</p><p class="line2">but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,</p><p class="line2">but jealousy is even more dangerous.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>An open rebuke</p><p class="line2">is better than hidden love!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wounds from a sincere friend</p><p class="line2">are better than many kisses from an enemy.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A person who is full refuses honey,</p><p class="line2">but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A person who strays from home</p><p class="line2">is like a bird that strays from its nest.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The heartfelt counsel of a friend</p><p class="line2">is as sweet as perfume and incense.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Never abandon a friend—</p><p class="line2">either yours or your father’s.</p><p class="line1">When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.</p><p class="line2">It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be wise, my child,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and make my heart glad.</p><p class="line2">Then I will be able to answer my critics.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.</p><p class="line2">The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.</p><p class="line2">Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning</p><p class="line2">will be taken as a curse!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A quarrelsome wife is as annoying</p><p class="line2">as constant dripping on a rainy day.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind</p><p class="line2">or trying to hold something with greased hands.</p><p class="b"/><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 a friend sharpens a friend.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,</p><p class="line2">so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As a face is reflected in water,</p><p class="line2">so the heart reflects the real person.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Just as Death and Destruction<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> are never satisfied,</p><p class="line2">so human desire is never satisfied.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,</p><p class="line2">but a person is tested by being praised.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,</p><p class="line2">even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Know the state of your flocks,</p><p class="line2">and put your heart into caring for 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 don’t last forever,</p><p class="line2">and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears</p><p class="line2">and the mountain grasses are gathered in,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>your sheep will provide wool for clothing,</p><p class="line2">and your goats will provide 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>And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,</p><p class="line2">your family, and your servant girls.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">27:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">my son.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">27:13 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Latin versions (see also 20:16); Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">for a promiscuous woman.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">27:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Sheol and Abaddon.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">27:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">by flattery.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy 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