{"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/drb/proverbs/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:22:48.267Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Open rebuke is better than hidden love. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks : "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 27 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 27](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}