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for you know not what a day may bring forth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; another, and not your own lips.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Wrath is cruel and anger is outrageous; but who can stand before envy?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Open rebuke is better than deceitful friendship.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Better are the wounds of a friend than the kisses of an enemy.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry person even a bitter thing is sweet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>As oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Your own friend and your father's friend forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, and remove from me the reproach of those who reproach me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself; but the fools pass on and suffer loss.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>He who is surety for a stranger, his cloak will be taken away from him and held in pledge for the stranger.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>He who blesses his friend with a flattering loud voice is not different from him who curses.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Like a continual dripping on a rainy day, so is a quarrelsome woman.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>The north wind is severe, but it is called the right wind.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron sharpens iron; so a man enlightens the face of his friend.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>He who guards his fig tree shall eat its fruit; and he who is careful of his master shall be honored.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>As faces do not resemble faces, so hearts do not resemble hearts.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>As the refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the mouth of those who praise him. The heart of the wicked desires evil, and the heart of the pious desires knowledge.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>Though you should beat a fool in the midst of an assembly, you will not do him any good, nor will you cause his foolishness to depart from him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>When you are feeding the sheep, know their faces and set your mind on the flock.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Possessions are not for ever; nor can riches be handed down from one generation to another.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>The grass springs up, the tender growth shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>The lambs are for your clothing and the kids are for your sustenance;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>And the goats' milk is for your food and for the food of your household.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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