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Proverbs 27

Webster's Bible

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1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.Select Proverbs 27:1

2Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.Select Proverbs 27:2

3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.Select Proverbs 27:3

4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?Select Proverbs 27:4

5Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.Select Proverbs 27:5

6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.Select Proverbs 27:6

7The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Select Proverbs 27:7

8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.Select Proverbs 27:8

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.Select Proverbs 27:9

10Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.Select Proverbs 27:10

11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.Select Proverbs 27:11

12A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.Select Proverbs 27:12

13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Select Proverbs 27:13

14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.Select Proverbs 27:14

15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Select Proverbs 27:15

16Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].Select Proverbs 27:16

17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Select Proverbs 27:17

18He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.Select Proverbs 27:18

19As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.Select Proverbs 27:19

20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Select Proverbs 27:20

21[As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.Select Proverbs 27:21

22Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.Select Proverbs 27:22

23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.Select Proverbs 27:23

24For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?Select Proverbs 27:24

25The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.Select Proverbs 27:25

26The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.Select Proverbs 27:26

27And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.Select Proverbs 27:27

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