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a stranger, and not your own lips.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Better is open rebuke than hidden love.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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