The Message

Proverbs 27:1-8 The Message (MSG)

1. Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow;you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.

2. Don’t call attention to yourself;let others do that for you.

3. Carrying a log across your shoulderswhile you’re hefting a boulder with your armsIs nothing compared to the burdenof putting up with a fool.

4. We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage,but who can survive jealousy?

5. A spoken reprimand is betterthan approval that’s never expressed.

6. The wounds from a lover are worth it;kisses from an enemy do you in.

7. When you’ve stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert;when you’re starved, you could eat a horse.

8. People who won’t settle down, wandering hither and yon,are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.