Thematic Bible
Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5 (show verse)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:6 (show verse)
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:7 (show verse)
One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8 (show verse)
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
Proverbs 27:9 (show verse)
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
Proverbs 27:11 (show verse)
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)
Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
Proverbs 27:14 (show verse)
Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
Proverbs 27:15 (show verse)
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
Proverbs 27:20 (show verse)
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
Proverbs 27:21 (show verse)
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)
for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)
When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)
the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.
Proverbs 27:27 (show verse)
There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.