Proverbs Chapter 27
Don’t stunt about tomorrow; you have no clue what’s about to go down.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}
Let someone else boost your rep, not you; let a random spill the tea, not your own lips.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A rock is heavy, and sand ain’t no joke; but a fool’s antics hit different, fr.
A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
Anger’s brutal, and wrath’s intense; but who can cope with jealousy?
Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
Real talk, straight-up shade is better than low-key love.
Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
A friend’s legit wounds are fire; but an enemy’s compliments? Major sus.
Faithful {are} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy {are} deceitful. {deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent}
A full vibe can’t stand sweetness; but to a hungry soul, even the bitter vibes hit sweet.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. {loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}
Like a bird that bounces from its nest, a dude who drifts from his spot is straight lost.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so {is} a man that wandereth from his place.
Good vibes warm the heart: just like a friend's dope advice hits different.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
Don’t ghost your homie or your dad’s homie; and don’t pull up to your bro’s pad when things go south: a close neighbor is way better than a distant bro.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: {for} better {is} a neighbour {that is} near than a brother far off.
Yo, be smart and make my heart proud, so I can roast those haters.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A wise dude peeps the bad vibes coming and dips; but the clueless just keep rolling and face the fallout.
A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
Snatch his jacket if he's got a stranger on deck, and get a promise from him for a random girl.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
If you blast blessings at your homie super early in the morning, that’s just a total vibe kill.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A constant drip on a rainy day and a drama queen are pretty much the same hassle.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whoever tries to keep her hidden is just playing with the breeze, and that good stuff in his hand is gonna show itself.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
Iron sharpens iron; just like a dude lifts his friend's vibe.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
If you treat the fig tree right, you’ll get that sweet fruit; same with waiting on your boss, you’ll earn that respect.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Just like your reflection in water, that’s how one dude's heart connects with another dude's heart.
As in water face {answereth} to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are always starving; just like people, their eyes are never satisfied.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. {never: Heb. not}
Just like a pot for silver and a furnace for gold, that’s how a dude is to his hype.
{As} the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so {is} a man to his praise.
Even if you grind a fool like wheat, his foolishness ain't going anywhere, no cap.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
Stay woke and keep an eye on your flocks, keep it 100 with your herds.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}
Wealth ain’t everlasting, and does the crown stick around through every crew?
For riches {are} not for ever: and doth the crown {endure} to every generation? {riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}
The hay pops up, the soft grass shows off, and the mountain herbs are getting harvested.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs are your drip, and the goats are the vibe for the field.
The lambs {are} for thy clothing, and the goats {are} the price of the field.
You’ll have enough goat milk for your meals, for your crew, and to keep your girls fed, fr.
And {thou shalt have} goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and {for} the maintenance for thy maidens. {maintenance: Heb. life}