Proverbs 27

¹Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.† (2 connections)

²Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.†⇄ (20 connections)

³A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?†⇄ (12 connections)

⁵Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

⁶The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.†⇄ (28 connections)

⁷A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.†⇄ (7 connections)

⁸As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.† (1 connection)

⁹Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

¹⁰Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.† (2 connections)

¹¹Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

¹²A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.†⇄ (3 connections)

¹³Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

¹⁴He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.† (1 connection)

¹⁵A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:†⇄ (4 connections)

¹⁶restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.† (2 connections)

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

¹⁸Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

¹⁹Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.†⇄ (7 connections)

²⁰Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.†⇄ (12 connections)

²¹The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.†⇄ (13 connections)

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.†⇄ (12 connections)

²³Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,† (1 connection)

²⁴for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

²⁵The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.† (1 connection)

²⁶The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.† (1 connection)

²⁷There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.