Thematic Bible
Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)
Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.
Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)
May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)
Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)
Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5 (show verse)
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
Proverbs 27:6 (show verse)
The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.
Proverbs 27:7 (show verse)
An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.
Proverbs 27:8 (show verse)
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
Proverbs 27:9 (show verse)
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)
As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:11 (show verse)
Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.
Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)
[When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.
Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)
Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.
Proverbs 27:14 (show verse)
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.
Proverbs 27:15 (show verse)
Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.
Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)
[In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.
Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)
[As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.
Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)
As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.
Proverbs 27:20 (show verse)
Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].
Proverbs 27:21 (show verse)
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man [is tested by] the mouth of him who praises him.
Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)
If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)
You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.
Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)
For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)
When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.
Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)
Lambs [will be] your clothing, and goats the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:27 (show verse)
And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.