Proverbs 27
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1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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10Thine 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.
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11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
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27And 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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Chapter 27
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Proverbs 27:1
James 4:13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and con...Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; ta...2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation...1 Samuel 28:19Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philis...Psalms 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his ha...
Proverbs 27:2
2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not gl...2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some tha...2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been c...
Proverbs 27:3
Daniel 3:19¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed a...1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore sle...Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I w...1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Ed...
Proverbs 27:4
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of ven...Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with hi...James 3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not...Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Proverbs 27:5
Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth...1 Timothy 5:20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gosp...Matthew 18:15¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault...Leviticus 19:17¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke...
Proverbs 27:6
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it s...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Proverbs 26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the cha...2 Samuel 12:7¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,...
Proverbs 27:7
Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: a...Numbers 11:18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shal...Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought u...Numbers 11:4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of...John 6:9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but wh...
Proverbs 27:8
Jonah 1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this...Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughter...Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congr...Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it plea...1 Corinthians 7:20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Proverbs 27:9
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increas...Psalms 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest...Psalms 104:15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, a...Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how...
Proverbs 27:10
Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that s...Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said,A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and...1 Kings 12:6¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his fa...Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he...
Proverbs 27:11
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is t...Proverbs 23:15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Psalms 119:42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy...2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have rec...Proverbs 23:24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise...
Proverbs 27:12
Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, an...Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is sa...2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heav...Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, p...Exodus 9:20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his serva...
Cross References
Proverbs 27:1
James 4:13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and con...Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; ta...2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation...1 Samuel 28:19Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philis...Psalms 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his ha...
Proverbs 27:2
2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not gl...2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some tha...2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been c...
Proverbs 27:3
Daniel 3:19¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed a...1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore sle...Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I w...1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Ed...
Proverbs 27:4
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of ven...Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with hi...James 3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not...Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Proverbs 27:5
Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth...1 Timothy 5:20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gosp...Matthew 18:15¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault...Leviticus 19:17¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke...
Proverbs 27:6
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it s...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Proverbs 26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the cha...2 Samuel 12:7¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,...
Proverbs 27:7
Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: a...Numbers 11:18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shal...Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought u...Numbers 11:4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of...John 6:9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but wh...
Proverbs 27:8
Jonah 1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this...Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughter...Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congr...Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it plea...1 Corinthians 7:20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Proverbs 27:9
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increas...Psalms 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest...Psalms 104:15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, a...Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how...
Proverbs 27:10
Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that s...Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said,A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and...1 Kings 12:6¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his fa...Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he...
Proverbs 27:11
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is t...Proverbs 23:15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Psalms 119:42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy...2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have rec...Proverbs 23:24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise...
Proverbs 27:12
Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, an...Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is sa...2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heav...Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, p...Exodus 9:20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his serva...