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Proverbs 27 – King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Boast H1984➔ not H408 thyself ➔H1984 of H3117 to morrow; H4279 for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 what H4100 a day H3117 may bring forth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let H1984➔ another man H2114 praise thee, ➔H1984 and not H3808 thine own mouth; H6310 a stranger, H5237 and not H408 thine own lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone H68 is heavy, H3514 and H5192➔ the sand H2344 weighty; ➔H5192 but a H3708➔ fool's H191 wrath ➔H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:4 - Wrath H2534 is cruel, H395 and H7858➔ anger H639 is outrageous; ➔H7858 but who H4310 is able to stand H5975 before H6440 envy? H7068

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Open H1540 rebuke H8433 is better H2896 than H160➔ secret H5641 love. ➔H160

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157 but H6280➔ the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 are deceitful. ➔H6280

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - The H5315➔ full H7649 soul ➔H5315 loatheth H947 an honeycomb; H5317 but to the H5315➔ hungry H7457 soul ➔H5315 every H3605➔ bitter H4751 thing ➔H3605 is sweet. H4966

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:8 - As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 from H4480 her nest, H7064 so H3651 is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 from his place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 the heart: H3820 so H4986➔ doth the sweetness ➔H4986 of a man's friend H7453 by H6098➔ hearty H5315 counsel. ➔H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, H7453 and H7463➔ thy father's H1 friend, ➔H7463 forsake H5800 not; H408 neither H408 go into H935 thy brother's H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343 for better H2896 is a neighbour H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H251 far off. H7350

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - My son, H1121 be wise, H2449 and make H8055➔ my heart H3820 glad, ➔H8055 that I may answer H7725 him that reproacheth me. H2778

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 the evil, H7451 and hideth himself; H5641 but the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 and are punished. H6064

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take H3947 his garment H899 that H3588 is surety H6148 for a stranger, H2114 and H1157➔ take a pledge of him H2254 for ➔H1157 a strange woman. H5237

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He that blesseth H1288 his friend H7453 with a H6963➔ loud H1419 voice, ➔H6963 rising early H7925 in the morning, H1242 it shall be counted H2803 a curse H7045 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A H1812➔ continual H2956 dropping ➔H1812 in a H3117➔ very rainy H5464 day ➔H3117 and a H802➔ contentious H4079 woman ➔H802 are alike. H7737

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - Whosoever hideth her H6845 hideth H6845 the wind, H7307 and the ointment H8081 of his right hand, H3225 which bewrayeth H7121 itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 iron; H1270 so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoso keepeth H5341 the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 the fruit thereof: H6529 so he that waiteth H8104 on his master H113 shall be honoured. H3513

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face, H6440 so H3651 the heart H3820 of man H120 to man. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Hell H7585 and destruction H10 are H7646➔ never H3808 full; ➔H7646 so the eyes H5869 of man H120 are H7646➔ never H3808 satisfied. ➔H7646

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - As the fining pot H4715 for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold; H2091 so H376➔ is a man ➔H376 to H6310 his praise. H4110

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though H518 thou shouldest bray H3806 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940 yet will H5493➔ not H3808 his foolishness H200 depart ➔H5493 from him. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Be H3045➔ thou H3045➔ diligent ➔H3045 to know ➔H3045 the state H6440 of thy flocks, H6629 and look well H7896 H3820 to thy herds. H5739

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:24 - For H3588 riches H2633 are not H3808 for ever: H5769 and doth H518 the crown H5145 endure to every generation? H1755

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - The hay H2682 appeareth, H1540 and H7200➔ the tender grass H1877 sheweth itself, ➔H7200 and H622➔ herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered. ➔H622

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:26 - The lambs H3532 are for thy clothing, H3830 and H4242➔ the goats H6260 are the price ➔H4242 of the field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And H1767➔ thou shalt have goats' H5795 milk H2461 enough ➔H1767 for thy food, H3899 for the food H3899 of thy household, H1004 and for the maintenance H2416 for thy maidens. H5291
See the KJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
KJV

The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown.

For more information on this translation, see the KJV Preface.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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Proverbs Chapter 27 — Additional Translations:

New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras