Old Testament · BSB
Proverbs 27
Berean Standard Bible · 27 verses
- Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
- A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
- Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
- Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
- As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
- Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
- for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
- the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.