Proverbs 27 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Pro 27:1

Pro 27:1Don’t brag about tomorrow,
since you don’t know what the day will bring.

Pro 27:2

Pro 27:2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
a stranger, not your own lips.

Pro 27:3

Pro 27:3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.

Pro 27:4

Pro 27:4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.

Pro 27:5

Pro 27:5An open rebuke
is better than hidden love!

Pro 27:6

Pro 27:6Wounds from a sincere friend
are better than many kisses from an enemy.

Pro 27:7

Pro 27:7A person who is full refuses honey,
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.

Pro 27:8

Pro 27:8A person who strays from home
is like a bird that strays from its nest.

Pro 27:9

Pro 27:9The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.

Pro 27:10

Pro 27:10Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.

Pro 27:11

Pro 27:11Be wise, my child,[fn] and make my heart glad.
Then I will be able to answer my critics.

Pro 27:12

Pro 27:12A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

Pro 27:13

Pro 27:13Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[fn]

Pro 27:14

Pro 27:14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!

Pro 27:15

Pro 27:15A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.

Pro 27:16

Pro 27:16Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
or trying to hold something with greased hands.

Pro 27:17

Pro 27:17As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.

Pro 27:18

Pro 27:18As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.

Pro 27:19

Pro 27:19As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.

Pro 27:20

Pro 27:20Just as Death and Destruction[fn] are never satisfied,
so human desire is never satisfied.

Pro 27:21

Pro 27:21Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but a person is tested by being praised.[fn]

Pro 27:22

Pro 27:22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

Pro 27:23

Pro 27:23Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,

Pro 27:24

Pro 27:24for riches don’t last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.

Pro 27:25

Pro 27:25After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,

Pro 27:26

Pro 27:26your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
and your goats will provide the price of a field.

Pro 27:27

Pro 27:27And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.

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NLT Footnotes

(27:11)

Hebrew my son.

(27:13)

As in Greek and Latin versions (see also 20:16); Hebrew reads for a promiscuous woman.

(27:20)

Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon.

(27:21)

Or by flattery.

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