Proverbs27

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¹ Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

³ A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

⁴ Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?

⁵ Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

⁷ A satisfied person despises honey, But to a hungry person any bitter thing is sweet.

⁸ Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.

⁹ Oil and perfume make the heart glad, And a person’s advice is sweet to his friend.

¹⁰ Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, So that I may reply to one who taunts me.

¹² A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.

¹³ Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.

¹⁴ One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be considered a curse to him.

¹⁵ A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;

¹⁶ He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.

¹⁸ One who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And one who cares for his master will be honored.

¹⁹ As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of a person ever satisfied.

²¹ The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

²² Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.

²³ Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;

²⁴ For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

²⁵ When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

²⁶ The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,

²⁷ And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants.

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Proverbs 27

Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Proverbs 27. The full AI study guide (summary, themes, context) has its own page.

v1

We know not what a day may bring forth. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not put off the great work of conversion, that one thing needful.

v2

There may be occasion for us to justify ourselves, but not to praise ourselves.

vv3-4

Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.

Key Words

notH408Hebrew

אַל: not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

boastH1984Hebrew

הָלַל: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

tomorrowH4279Hebrew

מָחָר: properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter

forH3588Hebrew

כִּי: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

notH3808Hebrew

לֹא: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

knowH3045Hebrew

יָדַע: to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

whatH4100Hebrew

מָה: properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

dayH3117Hebrew

יוֹם: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

bringH3205Hebrew

יָלַד: to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

anotherH2114Hebrew

זוּר: to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

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