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Proverbs Chapter 27

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Proverbs

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In this chapter the book continues its teaching on the value of wisdom and the perils of pride, offering the well‑known proverb that a lion is afraid of a lamb and that the wicked will be cut off. It also stresses that true wisdom comes from reverence for the Lord.

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(1) Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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Psalms 95:7Isaiah 56:12Luke 12:19Luke 12:20II Corinthians 6:2James 4:13James 4:14James 4:15James 4:16I Samuel 28:19

(2) Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Proverbs 25:27II Corinthians 10:12II Corinthians 10:18II Corinthians 12:11

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(3) A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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Proverbs 17:12Genesis 34:25Genesis 34:26Genesis 49:7I Samuel 22:18I Samuel 22:19Esther 3:5Esther 3:6Daniel 3:19I John 3:12

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Isaiah 28:16

(4) Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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James 1:19James 1:20James 1:21Proverbs 14:30Genesis 26:14Genesis 37:11Job 5:2Matthew 27:18Acts 5:17Acts 7:9Acts 17:5Romans 1:29

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Revelation 6:17Genesis 49:7Isaiah 13:9

(5) Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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Proverbs 28:23Leviticus 19:17Matthew 18:15Galatians 2:14I Timothy 5:20

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Luke 6:32Song of Solomon 4:10Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(6) Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 12:11II Samuel 12:12II Samuel 12:13II Samuel 12:14II Samuel 12:15Job 5:17Job 5:18Psalms 141:5

(7) The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Numbers 11:4Numbers 11:5Numbers 11:6Numbers 11:7Numbers 11:8Numbers 11:9Numbers 11:18Numbers 11:19Numbers 11:20Numbers 21:5Job 6:7Luke 15:16

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Isaiah 5:20Leviticus 16:12

(8) As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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Job 39:14Job 39:15Job 39:16Isaiah 16:2Proverbs 21:16Genesis 4:16Genesis 16:6Genesis 16:7Genesis 16:8I Samuel 22:5I Samuel 27:1I Samuel 27:2

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Leviticus 14:6

(9) Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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Proverbs 7:17Judges 9:9Psalms 45:7Psalms 45:8Psalms 104:15Psalms 133:2Song of Solomon 1:3Song of Solomon 3:6Song of Solomon 4:10John 12:3II Corinthians 2:15II Corinthians 2:16

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II Samuel 17:14

(10) 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.
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II Samuel 19:24II Samuel 19:28II Samuel 21:7I Kings 12:6I Kings 12:7I Kings 12:8II Chronicles 24:22Isaiah 41:8Isaiah 41:9Isaiah 41:10Jeremiah 2:5Proverbs 19:7

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II Samuel 16:17Proverbs 6:3Luke 11:5Leviticus 18:12Psalms 88:18Jeremiah 6:21

(11) My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Proverbs 10:1Proverbs 15:20Proverbs 23:15Proverbs 23:16Proverbs 23:24Proverbs 23:25Ecclesiastes 2:18Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 2:20Ecclesiastes 2:21Philemon 1:7Philemon 1:19

(12) A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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Proverbs 18:10Proverbs 22:3Exodus 9:20Exodus 9:21Psalms 57:1Psalms 57:2Psalms 57:3Isaiah 26:20Isaiah 26:21Matthew 3:7Hebrews 6:18Hebrews 11:7

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Proverbs 22:3

(13) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 6:1Proverbs 6:2Proverbs 6:3Proverbs 6:4Proverbs 20:16Proverbs 22:26Proverbs 22:27Exodus 22:26

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Proverbs 20:16Leviticus 13:47

(14) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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II Samuel 15:2II Samuel 15:3II Samuel 15:4II Samuel 15:5II Samuel 15:6II Samuel 15:7II Samuel 16:16II Samuel 16:17II Samuel 16:18II Samuel 16:19II Samuel 17:7II Samuel 17:8

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I Samuel 29:10Mark 16:2

(15) A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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Proverbs 19:13Proverbs 21:9Proverbs 21:19Proverbs 25:24Job 14:19

(16) Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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John 12:3

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Isaiah 10:15Matthew 5:22I Kings 19:11

(17) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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I Samuel 13:20I Samuel 13:21Proverbs 27:9Joshua 1:18Joshua 2:24I Samuel 11:9I Samuel 11:10I Samuel 23:16II Samuel 10:11II Samuel 10:12Job 4:3Job 4:4

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Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41II Samuel 12:31I Chronicles 29:2Isaiah 60:17Jeremiah 15:12

(18) Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Song of Solomon 8:12I Corinthians 9:7I Corinthians 9:13Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 22:29Genesis 24:2Genesis 24:3Genesis 39:2Genesis 39:3Genesis 39:4Genesis 39:5Genesis 39:22

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Matthew 12:33Matthew 21:19Joel 1:12Joel 2:22Matthew 7:17Matthew 7:18

(19) As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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James 1:22James 1:23James 1:24James 1:25Genesis 6:5Psalms 33:15Mark 7:21

(20) Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Proverbs 30:15Proverbs 30:16Habakkuk 2:5Proverbs 23:5Ecclesiastes 1:8Ecclesiastes 2:10Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 5:10Ecclesiastes 5:11Ecclesiastes 6:7Jeremiah 22:17I John 2:16

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Luke 23:29John 6:35Proverbs 30:15Joel 2:26Mark 9:43Mark 9:45

(21) As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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Proverbs 17:3Psalms 12:6Psalms 66:10Zechariah 13:9Malachi 3:3I Peter 1:7I Peter 4:12I Samuel 18:7I Samuel 18:8I Samuel 18:15I Samuel 18:16I Samuel 18:30

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Proverbs 17:3Exodus 38:17Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(22) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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Proverbs 23:35Exodus 12:30Exodus 14:5Exodus 15:9II Chronicles 28:22II Chronicles 28:23Isaiah 1:5Jeremiah 5:3Jeremiah 44:15Jeremiah 44:16Revelation 16:10Revelation 16:11

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Obadiah 1:12Lamentations 4:15Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(23) Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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Genesis 31:38Genesis 31:39Genesis 31:40Genesis 33:13I Samuel 17:28I Chronicles 27:29I Chronicles 27:30I Chronicles 27:31II Chronicles 26:10Ezekiel 34:22Ezekiel 34:23Ezekiel 34:24

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Genesis 29:2II Kings 4:26Genesis 37:14

(24) For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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Proverbs 23:5Zephaniah 1:18I Timothy 6:17I Timothy 6:18James 1:10II Samuel 7:16Psalms 89:36Isaiah 9:7

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Mark 8:12

(25) The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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Proverbs 10:5Psalms 104:14

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Isaiah 10:15Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32Daniel 4:15I Peter 1:24Joshua 11:21

(26) The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
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Job 31:20

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Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5

(27) And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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Proverbs 30:8Proverbs 30:9Matthew 6:33

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Genesis 41:48Genesis 6:21Genesis 41:35Genesis 47:24I Samuel 14:24I Kings 5:9

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