Proverbs 27 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Warnings and Instructions

Pro 27:1

Boast not thyself of tomorrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Pro 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Pro 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;

But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

Pro 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;

But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Pro 27:5

Better is open rebuke

Than love that is hidden.

Pro 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Pro 27:7

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;

But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Pro 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest,

So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Pro 27:9

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;

So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Pro 27:10

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;

And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:

Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Pro 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,

That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Pro 27:12

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;

But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Pro 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;

And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

Pro 27:14

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,

It shall be counted a curse to him.

Pro 27:15

A continual dropping in a very rainy day

And a contentious woman are alike:

Pro 27:16

He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;

And his right hand encountereth oil.

Pro 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron;

So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Pro 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;

And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

Pro 27:19

As in water face answereth to face,

So the heart of man to man.

Pro 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;

And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Pro 27:21

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;

And a man is tried by his praise.

Pro 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,

Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Pro 27:23

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,

And look well to thy herds:

Pro 27:24

For riches are not for ever;

And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

Pro 27:25

The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,

And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

Pro 27:26

The lambs are for thy clothing,

And the goats are the price of the field;

Pro 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,

And maintenance for thy maidens.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Warnings and Instructions

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