27 Do not boast about tomorrow,
    ^(A)for you do not know what a day may bring.
² Let ^(B)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 ^(C)a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
⁴ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before ^(D)jealousy?
^5 (E)Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶ Faithful are ^(F)the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend and ^(A)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
^(B)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.
^11 (C)Be wise, ^(D)my son, and ^(E)make my heart glad,
    that I may ^(F)answer him who reproaches me.
^12 (G)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but ^(H)the simple go on and suffer for it.