New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 27:1-10

1 1Do not boast about tomorrow, For you 2do not know what a day may bring forth.2Let 3another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.4Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But 4who can stand before jealousy?5Better is 5open rebuke Than love that is concealed.6Faithful are the 6wounds of a friend, But 7deceitful are the 8kisses of an enemy.7A sated 9man 10loathes honey, But to a famished 11man any bitter thing is sweet.8Like a 12bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who 13wanders from his 14home.9 15Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a 16man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.10Do not forsake your own 17friend or 18your 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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Notes

1. Proverbs 27:1 James 4:13-16 ↩
2. Proverbs 27:1 Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:14 ↩
3. Proverbs 27:2 Prov 25:27; 2 Cor 10:12, 18; 12:11 ↩
4. Proverbs 27:4 Prov 6:34; 1 John 3:12 ↩
5. Proverbs 27:5 Prov 28:23; Gal 2:14 ↩
6. Proverbs 27:6 Ps 141:5; Prov 20:30 ↩
7. Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive ↩
8. Proverbs 27:6 Matt 26:49 ↩
9. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul ↩
10. Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on ↩
11. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul ↩
12. Proverbs 27:8 Prov 26:2; Is 16:2 ↩
13. Proverbs 27:8 Gen 21:14 ↩
14. Proverbs 27:8 Lit place ↩
15. Proverbs 27:9 Ps 23:5; 141:5 ↩
16. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s ↩
17. Proverbs 27:10 Prov 18:24 ↩
18. Proverbs 27:10 1 Kin 12:6-8; 2 Chr 10:6-8 ↩

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