Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Pro 27:1 |
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. |
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Pro 27:2 |
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. |
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Pro 27:3 |
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. |
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Pro 27:4 |
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy? |
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Pro 27:5 |
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. |
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Pro 27:6 |
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But [fn]deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. |
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Pro 27:7 |
A sated [fn]man [fn]loathes honey, But to a famished [fn]man any bitter thing is sweet. |
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Pro 27:8 |
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his [fn]home. |
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Pro 27:9 |
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a [fn]man's counsel is sweet to his friend. |
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Pro 27:10 |
Do 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. |
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Pro 27:11 |
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me. |
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Pro 27:12 |
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The [fn]naive proceed and pay the penalty. |
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Pro 27:13 |
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an [fn]adulterous woman hold him in pledge. |
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Pro 27:14 |
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. |
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Pro 27:15 |
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; |
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Pro 27:16 |
He who would [fn]restrain her [fn]restrains the wind, And [fn]grasps oil with his right hand. |
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Pro 27:17 |
Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. |
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Pro 27:18 |
He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored. |
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Pro 27:19 |
As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man. |
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Pro 27:20 |
[fn]Sheol and [fn]Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. |
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Pro 27:21 |
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him. |
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Pro 27:22 |
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him. |
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Pro 27:23 |
Know well the [fn]condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds; |
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Pro 27:24 |
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations. |
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Pro 27:25 |
When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, |
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Pro 27:26 |
The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field, |
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Pro 27:27 |
And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (27:6) Or, excessive
- (27:7) Literally: soul
- (27:7) Literally: tramples on
- (27:8) Literally: place
- (27:9) Literally: soul's
- (27:12) Literally: simple
- (27:13) Literally: strange
- (27:16) Literally: hide(s)
- (27:16) Literally: encounters
- (27:20) I.e. The nether world
- (27:20) I.e. the place of destruction
- (27:23) Literally: face
