{"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/kjv/proverbs/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:17:20.231Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 may bring forth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let another man 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 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 loatheth an 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: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour 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 reproacheth me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth 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 blesseth 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":"Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on 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":"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 thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 27 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 27](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}