27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool more burdensome than the two of them.

27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

• Refer to Psalm 141:5 :: David asks for the rebuke of the righteous

27:7 The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

• Refer to Dietary Matters

27:8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his place.

27:9 Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.

27:10 Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not enter the house of your brother in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

27:11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

27:12 A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

• Refer to Judges 9:5 :: Jotham hides

27:13 Take his garment that is security for a stranger and hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers.

• Refer to Proverbs 20:16 :: a reiteration of this
• Refer to Debt Indentured Servitude Slavery

27:14 If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

• Refer to Communal Societal Obligations