Proverbs 27:1WEB
Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
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Proverbs 27:1WEB
Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
Proverbs 27:2WEB
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:3WEB
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:4WEB
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5WEB
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:6WEB
The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:7WEB
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8WEB
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Proverbs 27:9WEB
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Proverbs 27:10WEB
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:11WEB
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Proverbs 27:12WEB
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:13WEB
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
Proverbs 27:14WEB
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
Proverbs 27:15WEB
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
Proverbs 27:16WEB
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Proverbs 27:17WEB
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Proverbs 27:18WEB
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:19WEB
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
Proverbs 27:20WEB
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21WEB
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
Proverbs 27:22WEB
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Proverbs 27:23WEB
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27:24WEB
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
Proverbs 27:25WEB
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
Proverbs 27:26WEB
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
Proverbs 27:27WEB
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.