Proverbs 27:1-15

New American Standard Bible

27 ^(A)Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you ^(B)do not know what a day may bring.
² Let ^(C)another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
³ A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
⁴ Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But ^(D)who can stand before jealousy?
⁵ Better is ^(E)open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
⁶ Faithful are the ^(F)wounds of a friend,
But ^[a]deceitful are the ^(G)kisses of an enemy.
⁷ A satisfied ^[b]person ^[c]despises honey,
But to a hungry ^[d]person any bitter thing is sweet.
⁸ Like a ^(H)bird that wanders from its nest,
So is a person who ^(I)wanders from his ^[e]home.
^9 (J)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a ^[f]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.
¹⁰ Do not abandon your ^(K)friend or ^(L)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
^11 (M)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may ^(N)reply to one who taunts me.
¹² A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
^13 (O)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.
^14 (P)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
¹⁵ A ^(Q)constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;