Chapter
Proverbs 27
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Book 1
Verses 27
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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