Proverbs 27 (NET)

Proverbs 27:1¹Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:13-16Luke 12:19-202 Cor 6:21 Sam 28:19Isa 56:12Ps 95:7

Proverbs 27:2²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:18Prov 25:272 Cor 10:122 Cor 12:11

Proverbs 27:3³A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:191 John 3:121 Sam 22:18-19Gen 49:7Prov 17:12Esth 3:5-6Gen 34:25-26

Proverbs 27:4⁴Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 6:34Prov 14:30Jas 3:14-161 John 3:12Acts 7:9Job 5:2Matt 27:18Acts 17:5Gen 26:14Gen 37:11

Proverbs 27:5⁵Better is open rebuke than hidden love.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:231 Tim 5:20Gal 2:14Matt 18:15Lev 19:17

Proverbs 27:6⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 141:5Rev 3:19Job 5:17-18Prov 26:23-262 Sam 12:7-15Heb 12:102 Sam 20:9-10Prov 10:18Matt 26:48-50

Proverbs 27:7⁷The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:16-17Num 11:18-20Num 21:5Num 11:4-9Job 6:7John 6:9

Proverbs 27:8⁸Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:161 Cor 7:20Isa 16:2Jonah 1:10-17Jonah 1:3Gen 16:6-81 Kgs 19:91 Sam 22:5Gen 4:16Job 39:14-16

Proverbs 27:9⁹Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:23-24Prov 16:21Ps 23:5Prov 15:23Ps 104:152 Cor 2:15-16Song 4:10John 12:3Ps 133:2Ps 45:7-8

Proverbs 27:10¹⁰Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:24Prov 17:171 Kgs 12:6-8Luke 10:30-37Obad 1:12-14Prov 19:72 Sam 19:24Job 6:21-232 Chr 10:6-82 Sam 21:7

Proverbs 27:11¹¹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:1Ps 119:42Prov 23:15-162 John 1:4Prov 23:24-25Eccl 2:18-21Prov 15:20Phlm 1:19-20Phlm 1:7Prov 29:3

Proverbs 27:12¹²A shrewd person saw danger—he hid himself; the naive passed right on by — they had to pay for it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:3Prov 18:10Heb 11:72 Pet 3:10-142 Pet 3:7Exod 9:20-21Heb 6:18Isa 26:20-21Matt 3:7Ps 57:1-3

Proverbs 27:13¹³Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:16Prov 6:1-4Prov 22:26-27Exod 22:26

Proverbs 27:14¹⁴If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:16-19Acts 12:22-23Jer 28:2-41 Kgs 22:131 Kgs 22:62 Sam 15:2-72 Sam 17:7-13

Proverbs 27:15¹⁵A continual dripping on a rainy day— a contentious wife makes herself like that.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:13Prov 21:9Prov 21:19Prov 25:24Job 14:19

Proverbs 27:16¹⁶Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 12:3

Proverbs 27:17¹⁷As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:24Prov 27:9Job 4:3-41 Sam 23:162 Tim 2:3Isa 35:3-41 Pet 4:12-132 Sam 10:11-12Jas 1:22 Tim 1:8

Proverbs 27:18¹⁸The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:72 Tim 2:6Song 8:12John 12:26Luke 12:371 Cor 3:8Luke 12:43-44Luke 19:17Matt 24:461 Cor 9:13

Proverbs 27:19¹⁹As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:22-25Ps 33:15Mark 7:21Gen 6:5

Proverbs 27:20²⁰As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:81 John 2:16Prov 30:15-16Eccl 6:7Hab 2:5Eccl 2:10-11Eccl 4:8Eccl 5:10-11Jer 22:17Job 26:6

Proverbs 27:21²¹As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 17:3Zech 13:9Ps 66:101 Pet 1:7Mal 3:31 Pet 4:121 Sam 18:15-161 Sam 18:301 Sam 18:7-82 Sam 14:25

Proverbs 27:22²²If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 5:3Prov 23:35Isa 1:5Rev 16:10-11Exod 12:30Exod 14:5Jer 44:15-162 Chr 28:22-23Exod 15:9

Proverbs 27:23²³Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:2John 21:15-172 Chr 26:10Gen 33:13Prov 24:32Ezek 34:31John 10:31 Chr 27:29-31Deut 32:46Ezek 34:22-24

Proverbs 27:24²⁴for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:51 Tim 6:17-18Zeph 1:182 Sam 7:16Isa 9:7Jas 1:10Ps 89:36

Proverbs 27:25²⁵When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:5Ps 104:14

Proverbs 27:26²⁶the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 31:20

Proverbs 27:27²⁷And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:33Prov 30:8-9