Proverbs 27:8-16 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.

Proverbs 27