Pro 27 | ESV | STEP | Do not boast about tomorrow , for you do not know what a day may bring .

‏ Proverbs 27

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,
^afor you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let ^banother praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but ^ca fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before ^djealousy?
5 ^eBetter is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are ^fthe wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7 One who is full loathes ^ghoney,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8 Like ^ha bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
9 ⁱOil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. ^{▼▼Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel}
10 Do not forsake your friend and ^kyour father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
^lBetter is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
11 ^mBe wise, ⁿmy son, and ^omake my heart glad,
that I may ^panswer him who reproaches me.
12 ^qThe prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but ^rthe simple go on and suffer for it.
13 ^sTake a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. ^{▼▼Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners}
14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
15 ^uA continual dripping on a rainy day
and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp ^{▼▼Hebrew to meet with} oil in one’s right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another. ^{▼▼Hebrew sharpens the face of another}
18 ^xWhoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who ^yguards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
20 ^zSheol and Abaddon are ^aanever satisfied,
and ^abnever satisfied are the eyes of man.
21 ^acThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and a man is tested by his praise.
22 ^adCrush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 ^aeKnow well the condition of your flocks,
and ^afgive attention to your herds,
24 for ^agriches do not last forever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25 ^ahWhen the grass is gone and the new growth appears
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
26 ^aithe lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field.
27 ^ajThere will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.