King James Version

Proverbs 27

Proverbs in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Hebrew, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Open Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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Open Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Open Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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Open Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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Open Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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Open Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Open Proverbs 27:7

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Open Proverbs 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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Open Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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Open 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.
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Open Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Open Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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Open Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open 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.
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Open Proverbs 27:15

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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Open Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Open Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Open Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Open Proverbs 27:19

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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Open Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Open Proverbs 27:21

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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Open 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.
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Open Proverbs 27:23

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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Open Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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Open Proverbs 27:25

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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Open Proverbs 27:26

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
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Open 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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