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27:1  Don’t brag about tomorrow; you don’t know what may happen then.
27:2  Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it. Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.
27:3  Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a complaining fool is worse than either.
27:4  Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!
27:5  It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
27:6  The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
27:7  When you are full, not even honey tastes good, but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
27:8  A person who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.
27:9  The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant, and so is good advice from a friend.
27:10  Don’t forget your friend or your parent’s friend. Don’t always go to your family for help when trouble comes. A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.
27:11  Be wise, my child, and make me happy. Then I can respond to any insult.
27:12  The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.
27:13  Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s loan, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
27:14  If you loudly greet your neighbor early in the morning, he will think of it as a curse.
27:15  A quarreling wife is as bothersome as a continual dripping on a rainy day.
27:16  Stopping her is like stopping the wind or trying to grab oil in your hand.
27:17  As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.
27:18  Whoever tends a fig tree gets to eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will receive honor.
27:19  As water reflects your face, so your mind shows what kind of person you are.
27:20  People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.
27:21  A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.
27:22  Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn’t remove the foolishness.
27:23  Be sure you know how your sheep are doing, and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.
27:24  Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever.
27:25  Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills.
27:26  Make clothes from the lambs’ wool, and sell some goats to buy a field.
27:27  There will be plenty of goat’s milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.