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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Proverbs 27 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/proverbs/27.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/proverbs/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Proverbs 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/26.htm" title="Proverbs 26">◄</a> Proverbs 27 <a href="../proverbs/28.htm" title="Proverbs 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Do Not Boast about Tomorrow</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The hay is carried, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/proverbs/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>