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World English Bible

Proverbs 27 (WEBP)

[1] Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
[6] The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’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.
[11] Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
[17] Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
[23] Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
[24] for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Proverbs 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 27 (KJVS)

[1] Boast () not thyself of to morrow; For thou knowest () not what a day may bring forth. ()
[2] Let another man () praise () thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
[4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; But who is able to stand () before envy?
[5] Open () rebuke is better Than secret () love.
[6] Faithful () are the wounds of a friend; () But the kisses of an enemy () are deceitful. ()
[7] The full soul loatheth () an honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wandereth () from her nest, So is a man that wandereth () from his place.
[9] Ointment and perfume rejoice () the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
[10] Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake () not; Neither go () into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
[11] My son, be wise, () and make my heart glad, () That I may answer () him that reproacheth () me.
[12] A prudent man foreseeth () the evil, and hideth () himself; But the simple pass on, () and are punished. ()
[13] Take () his garment that is surety () for a stranger, () And take a pledge () of him for a strange woman.
[14] He that blesseth () his friend with a loud voice, rising early () in the morning, It shall be counted () a curse to him.
[15] A continual () dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious () woman are alike. ()
[16] Whosoever hideth () her hideth () the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth () itself.
[17] Iron sharpeneth () iron; So a man sharpeneth () the countenance of his friend.
[18] Whoso keepeth () the fig tree shall eat () the fruit thereof: So he that waiteth () on his master shall be honoured. ()
[19] As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
[20] Hell and destruction () are never full; () So the eyes of man are never satisfied. ()
[21] As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.
[22] Though thou shouldest bray () a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart () from him.
[23] Be thou diligent () to know () the state of thy flocks, And look () well to thy herds.
[24] For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure to every generation?
[25] The hay appeareth, () and the tender grass sheweth () itself, And herbs of the mountains are gathered. ()
[26] The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field.
[27] And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Proverbs 27:3 Heb. heaviness
Proverbs 27:4a Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing
Proverbs 27:4b Or, jealousy
Proverbs 27:6 Or, earnest, or frequent
Proverbs 27:7 Heb. treadeth under foot
Proverbs 27:9 Heb. from the counsel of the soul
Proverbs 27:20 Heb. not
Proverbs 27:23 Heb. set thy heart
Proverbs 27:24a Heb. strength
Proverbs 27:24b Heb. to generation and generation
Proverbs 27:27 Heb. life

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 27 (BYZ)

[1] Μὴ () καυχῶ () τὰ () εἰς () αὔριον· () οὐ () γὰρ () γινώσκεις () τί () τέξεται () ἡ () ἐπιοῦσα. ()
[2] Ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε () ὁ () πέλας καὶ () μὴ () τὸ () σὸν () στόμα, () ἀλλότριος () καὶ () μὴ () τὰ () σὰ () χείλη. ()
[3] Βαρὺ () λίθος () καὶ () δυσβάστακτον () ἄμμος, () ὀργὴ () δὲ () ἄφρονος () βαρυτέρα () ἀμφοτέρων. ()
[4] Ἀνελεήμων () θυμὸς () καὶ () ὀξεῖα () ὀργή, () ἀλλ’ () οὐδένα () ὑφίσταται ζῆλος. ()
[5] Κρείσσους () ἔλεγχοι () ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι () κρυπτομένης () φιλίας. ()
[6] Ἀξιοπιστότερά ἐστιν () τραύματα () φίλου () ἢ () ἑκούσια () φιλήματα () ἐχθροῦ. ()
[7] Ψυχὴ () ἐν () πλησμονῇ () οὖσα () κηρίοις () ἐμπαίζει, () ψυχῇ () δὲ () ἐνδεεῖ () καὶ () τὰ () πικρὰ () γλυκεῖα () φαίνεται. ()
[8] Ὥσπερ () ὅταν () ὄρνεον () καταπετασθῇ ἐκ () τῆς () ἰδίας () νοσσιᾶς, () οὕτως () ἄνθρωπος () δουλοῦται, () ὅταν () ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ () τῶν () ἰδίων () τόπων. ()
[9] Μύροις () καὶ () οἴνοις () καὶ () θυμιάμασιν () τέρπεται καρδία, () καταρρήγνυται δὲ () ὑπὸ () συμπτωμάτων ψυχή. ()
[10] Φίλον () σὸν () ἢ () φίλον () πατρῷον () μὴ () ἐγκαταλίπῃς, () εἰς () δὲ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () σου () μὴ () εἰσέλθῃς () ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων () φίλος () ἐγγὺς () ἢ () ἀδελφὸς () μακρὰν () οἰκῶν. ()
[11] Σοφὸς () γίνου, () υἱέ, () ἵνα () εὐφραίνηταί () μου () ἡ () καρδία, () καὶ () ἀπόστρεψον () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () ἐπονειδίστους λόγους. ()
[12] Πανοῦργος () κακῶν () ἐπερχομένων () ἀπεκρύβη, () ἄφρονες () δὲ () ἐπελθόντες () ζημίαν () τείσουσιν. ()
[13] Ἀφελοῦ () τὸ () ἱμάτιον () αὐτοῦ, () παρῆλθεν () γάρ· () ὑβριστὴς () ὅστις () τὰ () ἀλλότρια () λυμαίνεται. ()
[14] Ὃς () ἂν () εὐλογῇ () φίλον () τὸ () πρωῒ () μεγάλῃ () τῇ () φωνῇ, () καταρωμένου () οὐδὲν () διαφέρειν () δόξει. ()
[15] Σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν () ἄνθρωπον () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () χειμερινῇ ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () αὐτοῦ, () ὡσαύτως () καὶ () γυνὴ () λοίδορος () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἰδίου () οἴκου. ()
[16] Βορέας () σκληρὸς () ἄνεμος, () ὀνόματι () δὲ () ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται. ()
[17] Σίδηρος () σίδηρον () ὀξύνει, ἀνὴρ () δὲ () παροξύνει () πρόσωπον () ἑταίρου. ()
[18] Ὃς () φυτεύει () συκῆν, () φάγεται () τοὺς () καρποὺς () αὐτῆς· () ὃς () δὲ () φυλάσσει () τὸν () ἑαυτοῦ () κύριον, () τιμηθήσεται. ()
[19] Ὥσπερ () οὐχ () ὅμοια () πρόσωπα () προσώποις, () οὕτως () οὐδὲ () αἱ () καρδίαι () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[20] ᾍδης () καὶ () ἀπώλεια () οὐκ () ἐμπίμπλανται, ὡσαύτως () καὶ () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () ἄπληστοι. βδέλυγμα () κυρίῳ () στηρίζων () ὀφθαλμόν, () καὶ () οἱ () ἀπαίδευτοι () ἀκρατεῖς () γλώσσῃ. ()
[21] Δοκίμιον () ἀργύρῳ () καὶ () χρυσῷ () πύρωσις, () ἀνὴρ () δὲ () δοκιμάζεται () διὰ () στόματος () ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν. () καρδία () ἀνόμου () ἐκζητεῖ () κακά, () καρδία () δὲ () εὐθὴς ἐκζητεῖ () γνῶσιν. ()
[22] Ἐὰν () μαστιγοῖς () ἄφρονα () ἐν () μέσῳ () συνεδρίου () ἀτιμάζων, () οὐ () μὴ () περιέλῃς () τὴν () ἀφροσύνην () αὐτοῦ. ()
[23] Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ () ψυχὰς () ποιμνίου () σου () καὶ () ἐπιστήσεις () καρδίαν () σου () σαῖς () ἀγέλαις· ()
[24] ὅτι () οὐ () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ἀνδρὶ () κράτος () καὶ () ἰσχύς, () οὐδὲ () παραδίδωσιν () ἐκ () γενεᾶς () εἰς () γενεάν. ()
[25] Ἐπιμελοῦ () τῶν () ἐν () τῷ () πεδίῳ χλωρῶν () καὶ () κερεῖς () πόαν καὶ () σύναγε () χόρτον () ὀρεινόν, ()
[26] ἵνα () ἔχῃς () πρόβατα () εἰς () ἱματισμόν· () τίμα () πεδίον, ἵνα () ὦσίν () σοι () ἄρνες. ()
[27] Υἱέ, () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἔχεις () ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς () εἰς () τὴν () ζωήν () σου () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () ζωὴν () σῶν () θεραπόντων. ()

Proverbs 27:20 Originally verses 27:20 and 27:20a.
Proverbs 27:21 Originally verses 27:21 and 27:21a.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.