As Iron Sharpens Iron

Proverbs, Chapter 27 in blue

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them. (Dealing with fool's is a load to carry.)

Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy? (Jealousy is more powerful than anger, for it produces anger and rage.)

Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. (Holding back praise helps no one. Getting critiqued is better than nothing at all.)

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. (Fill your soul with good things and you won't give in to temptation.)

Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place. (Everybody needs a place to call home.)

Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel. (Like any good thing, sweet friendship is the best to have.)

Do not forsake you own friend or your father's friend, nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. (Let friends help you when trouble comes. Family is not always around. God sends us support; don't turn it down.)

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. (Parents are much better when their children are wise and make good decisions.)

A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished. (Be smart and don't be naïve.)

Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him. (Everybody is not a morning person. Respect that.)

A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; whoever restrains her restrains the wind, and grasps oil with his right hand.

As iron sharpen irons, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. 

Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master will be honored.

As in water face reflects face, so a man's heart reveals the  man.

Hell and Destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Satan is after you.)

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a man is valued by what others say of him.  (How you handle yourself with what others say about you says a lot about your heart.)

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. (People need to want help. You can't help them if they don't want to be helped.)

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and attend your herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure all generations. (Money and fame can go as quickly as it comes.)

When the hay is removed and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountain are gathered in, the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field; You shall have enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and the nourishment of your maidservants. (Be a good steward of your possessions and money and you will have enough for you and yours.)