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Proverbs 27

27 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:1
  2. 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:2
  3. 3A stone heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath heavier than them both.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:3
  4. 4Wrath cruel, and anger outrageous; but who able to stand before envy?Compare translations of Proverbs 27:4
  5. 5Open rebuke better than secret love.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:5
  6. 6Faithful the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy deceitful.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:6
  7. 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:7
  8. 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so a man that wandereth from his place.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:8
  9. 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:9
  10. 10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: better a neighbour near than a brother far off.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:10
  11. 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:11
  12. 12A prudent foreseeth the evil, hideth himself; the simple pass on, are punished.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:12
  13. 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:13
  14. 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:14
  15. 15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:15
  16. 16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, bewrayethCompare translations of Proverbs 27:16
  17. 17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:17
  18. 18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:18
  19. 19As in water face to face, so the heart of man to man.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:19
  20. 20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:20
  21. 21the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so a man to his praise.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:21
  22. 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, will not his foolishness depart from him.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:22
  23. 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, look well to thy herds.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:23
  24. 24For riches not for ever: and doth the crown to every generation?Compare translations of Proverbs 27:24
  25. 25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:25
  26. 26The lambs for thy clothing, and the goats the price of the field.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:26
  27. 27And goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the maintenance for thy maidens.Compare translations of Proverbs 27:27