Proverbs 27
27
1Do#Luke 12:19–21; James 4:13–16 not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2#Prov. 25:27; 2 Cor. 10:12, 18; 12:11Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
4Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But #Prov. 6:34; 1 John 3:12who is able to stand before jealousy?
5#(Prov. 28:23); Gal. 2:14Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are #Matt. 26:49deceitful.
7A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.
9Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.
10Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
#Prov. 17:17; 18:24Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
#Prov. 10:1; 23:15–26That I may answer him who reproaches me.
12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are #Prov. 22:3punished.
13Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.
15A #Prov. 19:13continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
16Whoever restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.
17As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18#2 Kin. 18:31; Song 8:12; Is. 36:16; (1 Cor. 3:8; 9:7–13); 2 Tim. 2:6Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.
19As in water face reflects face,
So a man’s heart reveals the man.
20#Prov. 30:15, 16; Hab. 2:5Hell and Destruction are never full;
So #Eccl. 1:8; 4:8the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21#Prov. 17:3The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.
22#Prov. 23:35; 26:11; Jer. 5:3Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23Be diligent to know the state of your #Prov. 24:27flocks,
And attend to your herds;
24For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
25#Ps. 104:14When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
26The lambs will provide your clothing,
And the goats the price of a field;
27You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And the nourishment of your maidservants.
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The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Proverbs 27
27
1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. 4Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel. 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.
13Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: 16whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: 24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? 25The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; 27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.