International Children’s Bible

Proverbs 27:8-17 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

8. A man who leaves his homeis like a bird that leaves its nest.

9. Perfume and oils make you happy.And good advice from a friend is sweet.

10. Don’t forget your friend or your father’s friend.Don’t always go to your brother for help when trouble comes.A neighbor close by is better than a brother far away.

11. Be wise, my child, and you will make me happy.Then I can respond to any insult.

12. When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it.But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.

13. Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.

14. Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning.He will think of it as a curse.

15. A quarreling wife is as bothersomeas a continual dripping on a rainy day.

16. Stopping her is like stopping the wind.It’s like trying to grab oil in your hand.

17. Iron can sharpen iron.In the same way, people can help each other.