Thematic Bible
Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5 (show verse)
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:6 (show verse)
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:7 (show verse)
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8 (show verse)
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 27:9 (show verse)
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)
Thine 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.
Proverbs 27:11 (show verse)
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)
Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:14 (show verse)
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:15 (show verse)
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:20 (show verse)
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21 (show verse)
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
Proverbs 27:27 (show verse)
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.