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.