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Proverbs Chapter 27

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PROVERBS

Proverbs 27

1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
James 4:13, James 4:16, James 4:13, James 4:16, Luke 12:19
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
2 Corinthians 10:18, 2 Corinthians 10:18, Proverbs 25:27, Proverbs 25:27, 2 Corinthians 10:12
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:19, 1 John 3:12, Proverbs 17:12, 1 John 3:12
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 14:30, Acts 7:9
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Proverbs 28:23, Proverbs 28:23, 1 Timothy 5:20, 1 Timothy 5:20, Galatians 2:14
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Psalms 141:5, Psalms 141:5, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 26:23
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Luke 15:16, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:16, Luke 15:17, Numbers 11:18
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Jonah 1:10, Jonah 1:17, Isaiah 16:2, Proverbs 21:16, Jonah 1:10
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 16:21
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.
Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 18:24, Luke 10:30, Luke 10:37, 1 Kings 12:6
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 23:15, Proverbs 23:16, Psalms 119:42
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 18:10, Proverbs 18:10, 2 Peter 3:10
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 6:1, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:1
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 16:19, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 16:19, Acts 12:22
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 21:9
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
John 12:3, John 12:3
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Hebrews 10:24, Hebrews 10:24, Proverbs 27:9, Proverbs 27:9, Job 4:3
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
2 Timothy 2:6, 2 Timothy 2:6, 1 Corinthians 9:7, 1 Corinthians 9:7, Song of Solomon 8:12
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
James 1:22, James 1:25, James 1:22, James 1:25, Psalms 33:15
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 1:8, 1 John 2:16, Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:16
21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, Psalms 66:10, Zechariah 13:9
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 23:35, Jeremiah 5:3, Proverbs 23:35, Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 1:5
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
1 Peter 5:2, 1 Peter 5:2, John 21:15, John 21:17, John 21:15
24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 9:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 10:5, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:14
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Job 31:20, Job 31:20
27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 30:8, Proverbs 30:9, Proverbs 30:8

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