book_id: PRO

book: Proverbs

reference: Proverbs 27:1

text: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.


reference: Proverbs 27:2

text: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.


reference: Proverbs 27:3

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


reference: Proverbs 27:4

text: Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?


reference: Proverbs 27:5

text: Open rebuke is better than secret love.


reference: Proverbs 27:6

text: Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.


reference: Proverbs 27:7

text: The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.


reference: Proverbs 27:8

text: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.


reference: Proverbs 27:9

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


reference: Proverbs 27:10

text: 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.


reference: Proverbs 27:11

text: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.


reference: Proverbs 27:12

text: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.


reference: Proverbs 27:13

text: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.


reference: Proverbs 27:14

text: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.


reference: Proverbs 27:15

text: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.


reference: Proverbs 27:16

text: Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.


reference: Proverbs 27:17

text: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.


reference: Proverbs 27:18

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


reference: Proverbs 27:19

text: As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.


reference: Proverbs 27:20

text: Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.


reference: Proverbs 27:21

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


reference: Proverbs 27:22

text: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.


reference: Proverbs 27:23

text: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.


reference: Proverbs 27:24

text: For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?


reference: Proverbs 27:25

text: The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.


reference: Proverbs 27:26

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


reference: Proverbs 27:27

text: And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.