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class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, "" A stranger, and not your own 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 the sand [is] heavy, "" And the anger of a fool "" Is heavier than them both.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, "" And who stands before jealousy?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wounds of a lover are faithful, "" And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, "" And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As a 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>Perfume and incense make the heart glad, "" And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, "" And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, "" A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, "" And I return a word [to] my reproacher.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, "" The simple have passed on, they are punished.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, "" And pledge it for a strange woman.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, "" Rising early in the morning, "" It is reckoned a light thing to him.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A continual dropping in a day of rain, "" And a woman of contentions are alike,<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, "" And the ointment of his right hand calls out.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron is sharpened by iron, "" And a man sharpens the face of his friend.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, "" And the preserver of his master is honored.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As [in] water the face [is] 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>Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, "" And the eyes of man are not satisfied.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, "" And a man according to his praise.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>If you beat the foolish in a mortar, "" Among washed things—with a pestle, "" His folly does not turn aside from off him.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Know the face of your flock well, "" Set your heart to the droves,<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For riches [are] not for all time, "" Nor a crown to generation and generation.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, "" And the herbs of mountains gathered.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Lambs [are] for your clothing, "" And the price of the field [are] male goats,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, "" For bread to your house, and life to your girls!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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