Proverbs 27 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

My Son, Be Wise

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 man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

Pro 27:3

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

Pro 27:4

Pro 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Pro 27:5

Pro 27:5Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.

Pro 27:6

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

Pro 27:7

Pro 27:7A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Pro 27:8

Pro 27:8Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.

Pro 27:9

Pro 27:9Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

Pro 27:10

Pro 27:10Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Pro 27:11

Pro 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him who reproaches me.

Pro 27:12

Pro 27:12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are punished.

Pro 27:13

Pro 27:13Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

Pro 27:14

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

Pro 27:15

Pro 27:15A continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;

Pro 27:16

Pro 27:16Whoever restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

Pro 27:17

Pro 27:17As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Pro 27:18

Pro 27:18Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

Pro 27:19

Pro 27:19As in water face reflects face,
So a man’s heart reveals the man.

Pro 27:20

Pro 27:20Hell[fn] and Destruction[fn] are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Pro 27:21

Pro 27:21The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.

Pro 27:22

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

Pro 27:23

Pro 27:23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
And attend 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 hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

Pro 27:26

Pro 27:26The lambs will provide your clothing,
And the goats the price of a field;

Pro 27:27

Pro 27:27You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And the nourishment of your maidservants.

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NKJV Footnotes

(27:20)

Or Sheol

(27:20)

Hebrew Abaddon

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