Proverbs 27
Proverbs 27:1 Don’t boast about tomorrow, because you don’t know what a day might bring.
Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Proverbs 27:4 Fury is cruel, and anger a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Proverbs 27:5 Better an open rebuke than concealed love.
Proverbs 27:6 The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are too much.
Proverbs 27:7 A throat that is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry throat, any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:8 Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
Proverbs 27:9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the throat is torn by trouble.
Proverbs 27:10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.
Proverbs 27:12 A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the shallow keep going and are punished.
Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Proverbs 27:14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:15 An endless dripping on a rainy day and an arguing wife are alike;
Proverbs 27:16 the one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.
Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21 A crucible refines silver, a smelter refines gold, and a person refines his praise.
Proverbs 27:22 Even if you could grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you would not separate his foolishness from him.
Proverbs 27:23 Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27:24 because wealth is not permanent; not even a crown lasts for all time.
Proverbs 27:25 When hay is removed and new growth appears, and the grain from the hills is gathered in,
Proverbs 27:26 lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field;
Proverbs 27:27 there will be enough goat’s milk for your food — food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.
links:
Excursus- Sheol- The Old Testament Consensus
Life is…
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, May 5, 2016
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, September 24, 2020
no ghosts within us
sharpening friends
Sheol in the Bible- The Old Testament Consensus
What is Life – Life is…
wounds of a friend – Devotions
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