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Proverbs 27 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:4 - Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:26 - the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

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Proverbs Chapter 27 — Additional Translations:

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