Глава 27

1–6. Against self-praise, jealousy and hypocrisy. 7–14. Praise for moderation, true friendship and rationality. 15–16. About a grumpy wife. 17–32. About insight, caring; about greed. 22–27. An exhortation to rational and thrifty housekeeping. Proverbs 27:1. Do not boast about tomorrow, because you do not know what that day will bring. Proverbs 27:2. Let someone else praise you, and not your mouth; let someone else praise you, and not your tongue. Proverbs 27:3. Heavy is stone, weight and sand; but the wrath of a fool is greater than both of them. Proverbs 27:4. Anger is cruel, rage is indomitable; but who can resist jealousy? Proverbs 27:5. Open reproof is better than hidden love. Proverbs 27:6. Sincere reproaches from a lover, and deceitful kisses from a hater. Thought Art. 1 about the inappropriateness on the part of a person of any decisive assumptions about tomorrow is expressed in more detail by the Apostle James (James 4.13–15). Moral teaching Art. 2 about the obscenity of one’s own praise has become a walking truth even in worldly wisdom. In Art. 3-4 phenomena of the moral world - anger and jealousy - are compared either with physical objects (stone, sand), or with moral objects (anger, jealousy). Thought Art. 5-6 about the superiority of sincere reproof of love over the hypocritical caresses of hidden hatred is found even lower in Proverbs 28.23. Proverbs 27:7. A well-fed soul tramples on honeycombs, but to a hungry soul all bitter things are sweet. Proverbs 27:8. Like a bird that leaves its nest, so a man leaves his place. Proverbs 27:9. Oil and smoking make the heart happy; a friend is so sweet to everyone with his heartfelt advice. Proverbs 27:10. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your misfortune: better is a neighbor near than a brother far away. Proverbs 27:11. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad; and I will have something to answer for him who slanderes me. Proverbs 27:12. The prudent man sees the trouble and takes refuge; and the inexperienced go ahead and are punished. Proverbs 27:13. Take his clothes from him, because he has vouched for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a stranger. Proverbs 27:14. He who loudly praises his friend early in the morning will be considered a slanderer. The parables of this section more than once repeat the thoughts previously expressed by the Wise, n. Art. 11 with Proverbs 23.15; Art. 13 from Proverbs 20.16. Proverbs 27:15. A constant drip on a rainy day and a grumpy wife are equal: Proverbs 27:16. whoever wants to hide it wants to hide the wind and the suit in his right hand, which makes itself known. Comparison Art. 15 for a contentious wife was already found above Proverbs 19.13, and Art. 16 strengthens the idea with a new comparison. Proverbs 27:17. Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the glance of his friend. Proverbs 27:18. He who guards the fig tree will eat its fruit; and whoever takes care of his master will be honored. Proverbs 27:19. Just as in water there is face to face, so a person’s heart is to man. Proverbs 27:20. Sheol and Abaddon are insatiable; so insatiable are human eyes.– Proverbs 27:20a. -[It is an abomination to the Lord to lift up one's eyes insolently, and one who is intemperate with one's tongue is foolish.] Proverbs 27:21. As a smelter is for silver, and a furnace is for gold, so is a man’s mouth that praises him. Proverbs 27:21a. –[The heart of the wicked seeks evil, but the heart of the right seeks knowledge.] Proverbs 27:22. Pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with the grain; his stupidity will not be separated from him. Saying Art. 18 has a broad meaning, but most closely can denote discernment and energy in the mutual relations of friends (cf. Heb. 10.24). In Art. 18–19, mutual relations between people are depicted from a new perspective. Art. 20 has the same comparison as was used earlier (Proverbs 15.11), but it has a more specific meaning here, meaning passion, especially the greed of the human heart (cf. Sir 14.9). Likewise, a comparison of Art. 21 was already found in Proverbs 17.3. Art. 22 represents a half-joking expression of the idea that stupidity usually seems to merge with the very being of a person who had the misfortune of falling under its influence. Proverbs 27:23. Take good care of your livestock, take care of your flocks; Proverbs 27:24. because wealth is not forever, and is power from generation to generation? Proverbs 27:25. The grass grows and greenery appears, and mountain herbs are gathered. Proverbs 27:26. The sheep are for your clothing, and the goats are for buying a field. Proverbs 27:27. And there will be enough goat's milk for food for you, for food for your household, and for food for your maidservants. In the concluding words of the chapter, advice is given to be diligent in the two main occupations of the ancient Jews - cattle breeding (vv. 23, 24) and agriculture (v. 25), and together, in view of the fluidity and changeability of wealth (v. 24), simplicity and moderation of food and lifestyle are advised (v. 27). You might be interested in: