Proverbs 27 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Warnings and Instructions

Pro 27:1

Pro 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Pro 27:2

Pro 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

Pro 27:3

Pro 27:3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

Pro 27:4

Pro 27:4Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?

Pro 27:5

Pro 27:5Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

Pro 27:6

Pro 27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But [fn]deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

Pro 27:7

Pro 27:7A sated [fn]man [fn]loathes honey,
But to a famished [fn]man any bitter thing is sweet.

Pro 27:8

Pro 27:8Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his [fn]home.

Pro 27:9

Pro 27:9Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a [fn]man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

Pro 27:10

Pro 27:10Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
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 far away.

Pro 27:11

Pro 27:11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
That I may reply to him who reproaches me.

Pro 27:12

Pro 27:12A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The [fn]naive proceed and pay the penalty.

Pro 27:13

Pro 27:13Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an [fn]adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

Pro 27:14

Pro 27:14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.

Pro 27:15

Pro 27:15A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;

Pro 27:16

Pro 27:16He who would [fn]restrain her [fn]restrains the wind,
And [fn]grasps oil with his right hand.

Pro 27:17

Pro 27:17Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.

Pro 27:18

Pro 27:18He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored.

Pro 27:19

Pro 27:19As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.

Pro 27:20

Pro 27:20 [fn]Sheol and [fn]Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Pro 27:21

Pro 27:21The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

Pro 27:22

Pro 27:22Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Pro 27:23

Pro 27:23Know well the [fn]condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

Pro 27:24

Pro 27:24For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Pro 27:25

Pro 27:25When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

Pro 27:26

Pro 27:26The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field,

Pro 27:27

Pro 27:27And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(27:6)

Or, excessive

(27:7)

Literally: soul

(27:7)

Literally: tramples on

Literally: place

Literally: soul's

Literally: simple

Literally: strange

Literally: hide(s)

Literally: encounters

(27:20)

I.e. The nether world

(27:20)

I.e. the place of destruction

(27:23)

Literally: face

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