Proverbs 27 : 1 (NLV)
Do not talk much about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
Proverbs 27 : 2 (NLV)
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth. Let a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27 : 3 (NLV)
A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy, but to be made angry by a fool weighs more than both of them.
Proverbs 27 : 4 (NLV)
Anger causes trouble and a bad temper is like a flood, but who can stand when there is jealousy?
Proverbs 27 : 5 (NLV)
Sharp words spoken in the open are better than love that is hidden.
Proverbs 27 : 6 (NLV)
The pains given by a friend are faithful, but the kisses of one who hates you are false.
Proverbs 27 : 7 (NLV)
He who is full hates honey, but any bitter thing is sweet to a hungry man.
Proverbs 27 : 8 (NLV)
Like a bird that goes away from her nest, so is a man who goes away from his home.
Proverbs 27 : 9 (NLV)
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so are a man's words sweet to his friend.
Proverbs 27 : 10 (NLV)
Do not leave your own friend or your father's friend alone, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.
Proverbs 27 : 11 (NLV)
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so I may answer him who puts me to shame.
Proverbs 27 : 12 (NLV)
A wise man sees sin and hides himself, but the fool goes on and suffers for it.
Proverbs 27 : 13 (NLV)
Take the man's coat who has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise who has given it as trust for a sinful woman.
Proverbs 27 : 14 (NLV)
He who praises his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be thought of as saying bad things against him.
Proverbs 27 : 15 (NLV)
An arguing woman is like water falling drop by drop on a day it is raining.
Proverbs 27 : 16 (NLV)
To try to stop her is like trying to stop the wind, or like trying to catch oil in his right hand.
Proverbs 27 : 17 (NLV)
Iron is made sharp with iron, and one man is made sharp by a friend.
Proverbs 27 : 18 (NLV)
He who cares for the fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who cares for the one he works for will be honored.
Proverbs 27 : 19 (NLV)
As water acts as a mirror to a face, so the heart of man acts as a mirror to a man.
Proverbs 27 : 20 (NLV)
The place of the dead is never filled, and the eyes of man are never filled.
Proverbs 27 : 21 (NLV)
The melting-pot is for silver and the fire for gold, and a man is tested by the praise he receives.
Proverbs 27 : 22 (NLV)
Even if you crush a fool in a pot used for crushing grain, his foolish way will not leave him.
Proverbs 27 : 23 (NLV)
Know well how your flocks are doing, and keep your mind on your cattle.
Proverbs 27 : 24 (NLV)
Riches do not last forever, and a prize does not pass from family to family.
Proverbs 27 : 25 (NLV)
When the grass is gone, the new plants are seen, and the plants of the mountains are gathered in.
Proverbs 27 : 26 (NLV)
The lambs will be for your clothes, and the goats will bring the price of a field.
Proverbs 27 : 27 (NLV)
There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of all your house, and a living for your young women.
❮
❯