Chapter
27
Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
Let another woman praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird that wanders from his nest, so is a woman who wanders from her home.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a woman's friend.
Don't forsake your friend and your mother's friend. Don't go to your sister's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant sister.
Be wise, my daughter, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
A prudent woman sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Take her garment when she puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward man!
She who blesses her neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by her.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious husband are alike:
restraining him is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in her right hand.
Iron sharpens iron; so a woman sharpens her friend's countenance.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. She who looks after her master shall be honored.
As water reflects a face, so a woman's heart reflects the woman.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a woman's eyes are never satisfied.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but woman is refined by her praise.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet her foolishness will not be removed from her.
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant boys.