{"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/ylt/proverbs/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:16:06.339Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 bringeth 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 is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Better is open reproof than hidden love."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 27 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 27](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/27 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}