Proverbs 27

New American Standard Bible

Warnings and Instructions

27 ^(A)Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you ^(B)do not know what a day may bring.
²Let ^(C)another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
³A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
⁴Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But ^(D)who can stand before jealousy?
⁵Better is ^(E)open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
⁶Faithful are the ^(F)wounds of a friend,
But ^[a]deceitful are the ^(G)kisses of an enemy.
⁷A satisfied ^[b]person ^[c]despises honey,
But to a hungry ^[d]person any bitter thing is sweet.
⁸Like a ^(H)bird that wanders from its nest,
So is a person who ^(I)wanders from his ^[e]home.
⁹^(J)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a ^[f]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.
¹⁰Do not abandon your ^(K)friend or ^(L)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
¹¹^(M)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may ^(N)reply to one who taunts me.
¹²A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
¹³^(O)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.
¹⁴^(P)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
¹⁵A ^(Q)constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
¹⁶He who would ^[g]restrain her ^[h]restrains the wind,
And ^[i]grasps oil with his right hand.
¹⁷As iron sharpens iron,
So one person sharpens another.
¹⁸One who tends the ^(R)fig tree will eat its fruit,
And one who ^(S)cares for his master will be honored.
¹⁹As in water a face reflects the face,
So the heart of a person reflects the person.
²⁰^[j]^(T)Sheol and ^[k]Abaddon are ^(U)never satisfied,
Nor are the ^(V)eyes of a person ever satisfied.
²¹The ^(W)crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each ^(X)is tested by the praise accorded him.
²²Though you ^(Y)pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
His foolishness still will not leave him.

²³^(Z)Know well the ^[l]condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
²⁴For riches are not forever,
Nor does a ^(AA)crown endure to all generations.
²⁵When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are ^(AB)gathered in,
²⁶The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,
²⁷And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your attendants.

Footnotes

Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive
Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on
Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
Proverbs 27:8 Lit place
Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s
Proverbs 27:16 Lit hide(s)
Proverbs 27:16 Lit hide(s)
Proverbs 27:16 Lit encounters
Proverbs 27:20 I.e., The netherworld
Proverbs 27:20 I.e., the place of destruction
Proverbs 27:23 Lit face

2 Thessalonians 1

New American Standard Bible

Giving Thanks for Faith and Perseverance

1 ^(A)Paul, ^(B)Silvanus, and ^(C)Timothy,

To the ^(D)church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ²^(E)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³We ought always ^(F)to give thanks to God for you, ^(G)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the ^(H)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater. ⁴As a result, we ourselves ^(I)speak proudly of you among ^(J)the churches of God for your ^[a]perseverance and faith ^[b]^(K)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. ⁵This is ^[c]a ^(L)plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be ^(M)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering. ⁶^[d]For after all ^(N)it is only right ^[e]for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, ^[f]^(O)when the Lord Jesus will be revealed ^(P)from heaven ^(Q)with ^[g]His mighty angels ⁸^(R)in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who ^(S)do not know God, and to those who ^(T)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹These people will pay the penalty of ^(U)eternal destruction, ^(V)away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, ¹⁰when He comes to be ^(W)glorified among His ^[h]saints on that ^(X)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our ^(Y)testimony to you was believed. ¹¹To this end also we ^(Z)pray for you always, that our God will ^(AA)consider you worthy of your ^(AB)calling, and fulfill every desire for ^(AC)goodness and the ^(AD)work of faith with power, ¹²so that the ^(AE)name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.