Thematic Bible




Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)

Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which 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 deceitful.

Proverbs 27:7 (show verse)

The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:8 (show verse)

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.

Proverbs 27:9 (show verse)

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)

Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27:11 (show verse)

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.

Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)

Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.

Proverbs 27:14 (show verse)

He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Proverbs 27:15 (show verse)

A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)

Whosoever restrains her restrains the wind, or grasps oil with his right hand.

Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)

Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.

Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

Proverbs 27:20 (show verse)

Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Proverbs 27:21 (show verse)

As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.

Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)

The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)

The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.

Proverbs 27:27 (show verse)

And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.