{"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/dbt/proverbs/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:52:34.013Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Open rebuke is better than hidden love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 27 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 27](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/27 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}