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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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><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="../">SLT</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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Boast about Tomorrow<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../james/4.htm#13">James 4:13–17</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Thou shalt not boast upon the day of the morrow, for thou shalt not know what a day shall bring forth.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing; and who shall stand before jealousy?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Naked rebuke is good above secret love.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Faithful the wounds of a friend; and abundant the kisses of an enemy.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Oil and incense will rejoice the heart: and the sweetness from his friend from the counsel of the soul.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thy friend and thy father's friend thou shalt not forsake; and thou shalt not go to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: good he dwelling near, more than a brother far off.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My son, be wise and gladden my heart, and I will turn back word to him reproaching me.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prudent one saw the evil, he hid himself; the simple passed and were punished.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take his garment pledging a stranger, and bind him by a pledge for a strange woman.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He blessing his friend with a great voice, rising early in the morning, a curse shall be reckoned to him.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A dropping thrust forth in the day of rain and a woman of strifes were alike.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He hiding her, hid the wind, and he shall call the oil of his right hand.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron will sharpen upon iron; and a man will sharpen the face of his friend.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He guarding the fig tree shall eat its fruit: and he watching his lord shall be honored.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As in water, face to face, so the heart of man to man.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Hades and destruction shall not be satisfied; and the eyes of man shall not be satisfied.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man to the mouth praising him.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>If thou shalt pound the foolish in a mortar in the midst of the grain with a pestle, thou shalt not remove from him his folly.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Knowing, thou shalt know the face of thy flock; set thy heart to thy herds.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The grass was uncovered and the young herbage was seen; and the green plants of the mountains were gathered.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Lambs for thy clothing, and the he goats the price of the field.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And enough of goats milk for thy bread, and for the bread of thy house, and the life of thy girls.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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