Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverb.

I'm Brian Hardin.

It's great to be here with you today.

It's the 27th of the month, so we'll follow tradition and read the 27th chapter from the book of Proverbs today.

From the New American Standard Bible.

Music American Standard Bible. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth.

A stranger and not your own mouth. A stranger and not your own lips.

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood.

But who can stand before jealousy?

Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

A sated man loathes honey,

but to a famished man,

any bitter thing is sweet.

Like a bird that wanders from her nest,

so is a man who wanders from his home.

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.

Do not forsake your own friend or 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 far away.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad that I may reply to him who reproaches me.

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