{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:04:23.775Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Open rebuke is better than secret love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 27 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 27](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}