Thematic Bible
Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)
Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)
Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)
A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs 27:5 (show verse)
Open rebuke is better than secret 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 despises 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 who wanders from his place.
Proverbs 27:9 (show verse)
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.
Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)
Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; 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, so that I may answer him who shames me.
Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)
A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)
Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:14 (show verse)
He who 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 never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)
Whoever hides her hides the wind, and his right hand encounters slippery oil.
Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)
Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)
Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)
As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man answers to man.
Proverbs 27:20 (show verse)
Hell 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 to his praise.
Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)
Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)
Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.
Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)
For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.
Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)
When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,
Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)
the lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are 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 a living for your young women.