Proverbs
capítulo 27
verso 1
Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
verso 2
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
verso 3
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
verso 4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
verso 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
verso 6
The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
verso 7
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
verso 8
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
verso 9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
verso 10
Don’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.
verso 11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
verso 12
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
verso 13
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
verso 14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
verso 15
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
verso 16
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
verso 17
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
verso 18
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
verso 19
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
verso 20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
verso 21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
verso 22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
verso 23
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
verso 24
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
verso 25
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
verso 26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
verso 27
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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