Proverbs 27

1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.Cross-references: 1Sam 28:19 · Ps 95:7 · Isa 56:12 · Luke 12:19 · 2Cor 6:2 · James 4:13

2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.Cross-references: Prov 25:27 · 2Cor 10:12 · 2Cor 10:18 · 2Cor 12:11

3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.Cross-references: Gen 34:25 · Gen 49:7 · 1Sam 22:18 · Esth 3:5 · Prov 17:12 · Dan 3:19 · +1 more

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?Cross-references: Gen 26:14 · Gen 37:11 · Job 5:2 · Prov 6:34 · Prov 14:30 · Song 8:6 · +9 more

5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.Cross-references: Lev 19:17 · Prov 28:23 · Matt 18:15 · Gal 2:14 · 1Tim 5:20

6The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.Cross-references: 2Sam 12:7 · 2Sam 20:9 · Job 5:17 · Ps 141:5 · Prov 10:18 · Prov 26:23 · +3 more

7A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.Cross-references: Num 11:4 · Num 11:18 · Num 21:5 · Job 6:7 · Luke 15:16 · John 6:9

8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.Cross-references: Gen 4:16 · Gen 16:6 · 1Sam 22:5 · 1Sam 27:1 · 1Ki 19:9 · Neh 6:11 · +8 more

9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.Cross-references: Ex 18:17 · Judg 9:9 · 1Sam 23:16 · Ezra 10:2 · Ps 23:5 · Ps 45:7 · +12 more

10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.Cross-references: 2Sam 19:24 · 2Sam 19:28 · 2Sam 21:7 · 1Ki 12:6 · 2Chr 10:6 · 2Chr 24:22 · +10 more

11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.Cross-references: Ps 119:42 · Ps 127:4 · Prov 10:1 · Prov 15:20 · Prov 23:15 · Prov 23:24 · +5 more

12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.Cross-references: Ex 9:20 · Ps 57:1 · Prov 18:10 · Prov 22:3 · Isa 26:20 · Matt 3:7 · +4 more

13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!Cross-references: Ex 22:26 · Prov 6:1 · Prov 20:16 · Prov 22:26

14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.Cross-references: 2Sam 15:2 · 2Sam 16:16 · 2Sam 17:7 · 1Ki 22:6 · 1Ki 22:13 · Jer 28:2 · +1 more

15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:Cross-references: Job 14:19 · Prov 19:13 · Prov 21:9 · Prov 21:19 · Prov 25:24

16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.Cross-references: John 12:3

17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.Cross-references: Josh 1:18 · Josh 2:24 · 1Sam 11:9 · 1Sam 13:20 · 1Sam 23:16 · 2Sam 10:11 · +11 more

18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.Cross-references: Gen 24:2 · Gen 39:2 · Gen 39:22 · Ex 24:13 · 1Sam 2:30 · 2Ki 3:11 · +23 more

19Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.Cross-references: Gen 6:5 · Ps 33:15 · Mark 7:21 · James 1:22

20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.Cross-references: Job 26:6 · Prov 15:11 · Prov 23:5 · Prov 30:15 · Eccl 1:8 · Eccl 2:10 · +6 more

21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.Cross-references: 1Sam 18:7 · 1Sam 18:15 · 1Sam 18:30 · 2Sam 14:25 · 2Sam 15:6 · Ps 12:6 · +6 more

22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.Cross-references: Ex 12:30 · Ex 14:5 · Ex 15:9 · 2Chr 28:22 · Prov 23:35 · Isa 1:5 · +3 more

23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,Cross-references: Gen 31:38 · Gen 33:13 · Ex 7:23 · Deut 32:46 · 1Sam 17:28 · 1Chr 27:29 · +7 more

24for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.Cross-references: 2Sam 7:16 · Ps 89:36 · Prov 23:5 · Isa 9:7 · Zeph 1:18 · 1Tim 6:17 · +1 more

25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.Cross-references: Ps 104:14 · Prov 10:5

26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.Cross-references: Job 31:20

27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.Cross-references: Prov 30:8 · Matt 6:33