nkjv - 27

nkjv@Proverbs:27:1 @ Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:2 @ Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:3 @ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:4 @ Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?

nkjv@Proverbs:27:5 @ Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:6 @ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:7 @ A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:8 @ Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:9 @ Ointment and perfume delight the heart, And the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:10 @ Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, Nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:11 @ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him who reproaches me.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:12 @ A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:14 @ He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It will be counted a curse to him.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:15 @ A continual dripping on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;

nkjv@Proverbs:27:16 @ Whoever restrains her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:17 @ As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:18 @ Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; So he who waits on his master will be honored.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:19 @ As in water face reflects face, So a man's heart reveals the man.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:20 @ Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:21 @ The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man is valued by what others say of him.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:22 @ Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:23 @ Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;

nkjv@Proverbs:27:24 @ For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

nkjv@Proverbs:27:25 @ When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

nkjv@Proverbs:27:26 @ The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field;

nkjv@Proverbs:27:27 @ You shall have enough goats' milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.

Proverbs 27