February 21, 2026, Proverbs 27:1-27

February 21, 2026, Proverbs 27:1-27

27 Do not boast about tomorrow,
    for you do not know what a day may bring.
² Let 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 a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
⁴ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?
⁵ Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷ One who is full loathes honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest
    is a man who strays from his home.
⁹ Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.
¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
    that I may answer him who reproaches me.
¹² The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
¹³ Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
¹⁴ Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.
¹⁵ A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.
¹⁸ Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who guards his master will be honored.
¹⁹ As in water face reflects face,
    so the heart of man reflects the man.
²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
    and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    and a man is tested by his praise.
²² Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
    along with crushed grain,
    yet his folly will not depart from him.

²³ Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and give attention to your herds,
²⁴ for riches do not last forever;
    and does a crown endure to all generations?
²⁵ When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
    and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
²⁶ the lambs will provide your clothing,
    and the goats the price of a field.

    and maintenance for your girls.

Verse 17 says so much: ¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.

Who in your life makes you better? Have you written them a note lately, telling them how God has used them in your life? Take time to do that today.

Debbie Walker