Proverbs Chapter 27
27:1 | Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a ![]() |
27:2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
27:3 | A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool' wrath [is] heavier than them both. |
27:4 | Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy? |
27:5 | Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. |
27:6 | Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. |
27:7 | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
27:8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place. |
27:9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man' friend by hearty counsel. |
27:10 | Thine own friend, and thy father' friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother' ![]() ![]() |
27:11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may ![]() |
27:12 | A prudent [man] foreseeth the ![]() |
27:13 | Take his ![]() |
27:14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
27:15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy ![]() |
27:16 | Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself]. |
27:17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
27:18 | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
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27:21 | [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for ![]() |
27:22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among ![]() |
27:23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds. |
27:24 | For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every ![]() |
27:25 | The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
27:26 | The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. |
27:27 | And [thou shalt have] goats' ![]() ![]() ![]() |