Thematic Bible
Proverbs 27:1 (show verse)
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:2 (show verse)
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (show verse)
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:4 (show verse)
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; 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 lotheth a honey-comb; 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: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 27:10 (show verse)
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy 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 reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:12 (show verse)
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27:13 (show verse)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him 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 counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:15 (show verse)
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:16 (show verse)
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself.
Proverbs 27:17 (show verse)
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18 (show verse)
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:19 (show verse)
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man 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 fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:22 (show verse)
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23 (show verse)
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs 27:24 (show verse)
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:25 (show verse)
The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:26 (show verse)
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:27 (show verse)
And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.