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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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch24027" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn24027" class="cn"></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v24027001" class="ver">1</span>Do not boast about tomorrow,</p> <p class="sl1">for you do not know what any day may bring forth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027002" class="ver">2</span>Let another praise you, not your own mouth;</p> <p class="sl1">a stranger, not your own lips.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027003" class="ver">3</span>Stone is heavy, and sand a burden,</p> <p class="sl1">but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.<a id="ren24027003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24027003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027004" class="ver">4</span>Anger is cruel, and wrath overwhelming,</p> <p class="sl1">but before jealousy who can stand?<a id="rfn24027004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027004-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn24027005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027005-1">*</a> Better is an open rebuke</p> <p class="sl1">than a love that remains hidden.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027006" class="ver">6</span>Trustworthy are the blows of a friend,</p> <p class="sl1">dangerous, the kisses of an enemy.<a id="rfn24027006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027007" class="ver">7</span>One who is full spurns honey;</p> <p class="sl1">but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027008" class="ver">8</span>Like a bird far from the nest</p> <p class="sl1">so is anyone far from home.<a id="rfn24027008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027009" class="ver">9</span>Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,</p> <p class="sl1">but by grief the soul is torn asunder.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027010" class="ver">10</span>Do not give up your own friend and your father’s friend;</p> <p class="sl1">do not resort to the house of your kindred when trouble strikes.</p> <p class="sl">Better a neighbor near than kin far away.<a id="rfn24027010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027010-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027011" class="ver">11</span>Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart,</p> <p class="sl1">so that I can answer whoever taunts me.<a id="rfn24027011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027012" class="ver">12</span>The astute see an evil and hide;</p> <p class="sl1">the naive continue on and pay the penalty.<a id="ren24027012-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24027012-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027013" class="ver">13</span>Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger;<a id="ren24027013-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24027013-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">if for a foreign woman, exact the pledge!<a id="rfn24027013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027013-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027014" class="ver">14</span>Those who greet their neighbor with a loud voice<a id="rfn24027014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027014-1">*</a> in the early morning,</p> <p class="sl1">a curse can be laid to their charge.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027015" class="ver">15</span>For a persistent leak on a rainy day</p> <p class="sl1">the match is a quarrelsome wife;<a id="ren24027015-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24027015-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027016" class="ver">16</span>Whoever would hide her hides a stormwind</p> <p class="sl1">and cannot tell north from south.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027017" class="ver">17</span>Iron is sharpened by iron;</p> <p class="sl1">one person sharpens another.<a id="rfn24027017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027017-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027018" class="ver">18</span>Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit;</p> <p class="sl1">so those attentive to their master will be honored.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027019" class="ver">19</span>As face mirrors face in water,</p> <p class="sl1">so the heart reflects the person.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027020" class="ver">20</span>Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied;<a id="ren24027020-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24027020-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.<a id="rfn24027020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027020-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027021" class="ver">21</span>The crucible for silver, the furnace for gold,</p> <p class="sl1">so you must assay the praise you receive.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027022" class="ver">22</span>Though you pound fools with a pestle,</p> <p class="sl1">their folly never leaves them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027023" class="ver">23</span><a id="rfn24027023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24027023-1">*</a> Take good care of your flocks,</p> <p class="sl1">give careful attention to your herds;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027024" class="ver">24</span>For wealth does not last forever,</p> <p class="sl1">nor even a crown from age to age.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027025" class="ver">25</span>When the grass comes up and the new growth appears,</p> <p class="sl1">and the mountain greens are gathered in,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027026" class="ver">26</span>The lambs will provide you with clothing,</p> <p class="sl1">and the goats, the price of a field,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24027027" class="ver">27</span>And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food,</p> <p class="sl1">food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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