Proverbs 27:1-6; 10-12

[1]Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

[2]Let another praise you, and not your own mouth

a stranger, and not your own lips.

[3]A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

[4]Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,

but who is able to stand before jealousy?

[5]Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

[6]Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,

but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

[10]Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;

do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.

Better is a neighbor who is nearby

than kindred who are far away.

[11]Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,

so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.

[12]The clever see danger and hide;

but the simple go on, and suffer for it.