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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 sand is weighty; But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.
Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:19, 1 John 3:12, Proverbs 17:12, 1 John 3:12
4Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 14:30, Acts 7:9
5Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.
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
7He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb; But to the hungry any 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 its nest, So is a man who wandereth from his place.
Jonah 1:10, Jonah 1:17, Isaiah 16:2, Proverbs 21:16, Jonah 1:10
9Oil and perfume gladden the heart; Sweet also is one’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; And go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 18:24, Luke 10:30, Luke 10:37, 1 Kings 12:6
11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to 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; 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 who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.
Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 6:1, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:1
14He who blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early for it, It shall be accounted to him as a curse.
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 quarrelsome wife are alike.
Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 21:9
16He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.
John 12:3, John 12:3
17Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.
Hebrews 10:24, Hebrews 10:24, Proverbs 27:9, Proverbs 27:9, Job 4:3
18He that watcheth the fig-tree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.
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 doth the heart of man to man.
James 1:22, James 1:25, James 1:22, James 1:25, Psalms 33:15
20The realms of the dead 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
21The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.
Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, Psalms 66:10, Zechariah 13:9
22Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly 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 last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.
Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 9:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18
25The hay disappeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in.
Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 10:5, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:14
26The lambs are thy clothing, And the goats the price of thy field.
Job 31:20, Job 31:20
27There is goat’s milk enough for thy food, For the food of thy household, And for the sustenance of thy maidens.
Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 30:8, Proverbs 30:9, Proverbs 30:8

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