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