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Proverbs Chapter 27 contains important teachings and narratives from the Holy Bible. Read the full chapter to discover its wisdom and apply its lessons to your life today.
Proverbs Chapter 27
Chapter 27 of Proverbs from the Holy Bible
Verses
Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine 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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:14
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
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:27
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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