Proverbs 27

1 Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.AKJV — Proverbs 27:1

2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.AKJV — Proverbs 27:2

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’ wrath is heavier than them both.AKJV — Proverbs 27:3

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?AKJV — Proverbs 27:4

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.AKJV — Proverbs 27:5

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.AKJV — Proverbs 27:6

7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.AKJV — Proverbs 27:7

8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.AKJV — Proverbs 27:8

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man’ friend by hearty counsel.AKJV — Proverbs 27:9

10 Your own friend, and your father’ friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother’ house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.AKJV — Proverbs 27:10

11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.AKJV — Proverbs 27:11

12 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.AKJV — Proverbs 27:12

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.AKJV — Proverbs 27:13

14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.AKJV — Proverbs 27:14

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.AKJV — Proverbs 27:15

16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.AKJV — Proverbs 27:16

17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.AKJV — Proverbs 27:17

18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.AKJV — Proverbs 27:18

19 As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.AKJV — Proverbs 27:19

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.AKJV — Proverbs 27:20

21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.AKJV — Proverbs 27:21

22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.AKJV — Proverbs 27:22

23 Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.AKJV — Proverbs 27:23

24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?AKJV — Proverbs 27:24

25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.AKJV — Proverbs 27:25

26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.AKJV — Proverbs 27:26

27 And you shall have goats’milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.AKJV — Proverbs 27:27