My LORD’s BibleProverbs 27
1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
אַל־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיֹום מָחָר כִּי לֹא־תֵדַע מַה־יֵּלֶד יֹום׃ (1882)
See also: James 4:13, Hebrews 3:7, Luke 12:19-20, James 4:16, 2 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Kings 20:11, Isaiah 56:12, 1 Kings 19:2, Esther 5:12, Job 1:13, Psalms 119:60, Genesis 27:2, 1 Samuel 28:19, Judges 19:9, Genesis 17:23, Exodus 8:10, Leviticus 8:32, Joshua 4:10, 1 Samuel 28:6, Psalms 95:7
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא־פִיךָ נָכְרִי וְאַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ׃ (1576)
See also: 2 Corinthians 10:18, 2 Corinthians 10:12, Proverbs 25:27, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Proverbs 25:6, John 5:31, Proverbs 20:6, 2 Corinthians 11:30, 2 Samuel 15:4, 2 Kings 10:16, 2 Corinthians 5:12, 1 Samuel 15:13
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
כֹּבֶד־אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחֹול וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם׃ (897)
See also: Job 6:3, Daniel 3:19, Proverbs 18:6, 1 John 3:12, Genesis 49:7, 1 Samuel 22:18-19, Proverbs 17:12, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 34:25-26, Numbers 22:27, Judges 12:1, 1 Samuel 19:15, 1 Samuel 20:30, Esther 3:5-6, Daniel 2:12, Daniel 3:13, Matthew 2:16, Mark 6:24
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָה׃ (1679)
See also: Matthew 27:18, Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 14:30, James 3:14-16, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 37:20, Nehemiah 2:10, Job 5:2, Mark 15:10, Genesis 31:1, 1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Samuel 18:8, Daniel 3:12, Acts 5:17, Acts 7:9, 1 John 3:12, Genesis 37:11, Genesis 38:9, Genesis 40:2, Exodus 1:9
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
טֹובָה תֹּוכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּרֶת׃ (2087)
See also: Proverbs 28:23, 1 Timothy 5:20, Galatians 2:14, Psalms 141:5, Matthew 18:15, 2 Corinthians 2:4, Leviticus 19:17, Luke 17:3, Titus 1:13, Genesis 20:16, Proverbs 25:12, Zechariah 13:6, Genesis 21:25, Nehemiah 5:7
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
נֶאֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵי אֹוהֵב וְנַעְתָּרֹות נְשִׁיקֹות שֹׂונֵא׃ (2810)
See also: Psalms 141:5, Revelation 3:19, Job 5:17-18, Proverbs 26:23-26, 2 Samuel 12:7-15, Hebrews 12:10, 2 Samuel 20:9-10, Proverbs 10:18, Luke 22:48, Matthew 26:48-50, Ecclesiastes 7:5, Matthew 26:49, Mark 14:44
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
נֶפֶשׁ בֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כָּל־מַר מָתֹוק׃ (3054)
See also: Luke 15:16-17, Numbers 11:18-20, Numbers 21:5, Numbers 11:4-9, Numbers 11:20, Job 6:7, John 6:9
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
כְּצִפֹּור נֹודֶדֶת מִן־קִנָּהּ כֵּן־אִישׁ נֹודֵד מִמְּקֹומֹו׃ (1782)
See also: Proverbs 26:2, Proverbs 21:16, Isaiah 16:2, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 7:20, Genesis 16:6-8, 1 Samuel 22:5, 1 Kings 19:9, Genesis 4:16, Nehemiah 6:11-13, Job 39:14-16, Jude 1:13, 1 Samuel 27:1-12, Luke 15:13
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּח־לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵעֲצַת־נָפֶשׁ׃ (3352)
See also: Proverbs 27:17, 1 Samuel 23:16, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 12:25, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 16:23-24, Psalms 23:5, Psalms 133:2, Proverbs 16:21, Psalms 37:30, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 15:23, Ecclesiastes 7:1, Job 16:5, Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 4:10, 2 Corinthians 2:15-16, Exodus 30:35, 1 Kings 1:12, Ezra 10:5
10Thine 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.
רֵעֲךָ [וְרֵעֶה כ] (וְרֵעַ ק) אָבִיךָ אַל־תַּעֲזֹב וּבֵית אָחִיךָ אַל־תָּבֹוא בְּיֹום אֵידֶךָ טֹוב שָׁכֵן קָרֹוב מֵאָח רָחֹוק׃ (3558)
See also: Proverbs 18:24, Luke 10:33, 2 Samuel 9:1, Proverbs 17:17, 1 Kings 12:6-8, Luke 10:30-37, Proverbs 19:7, Obadiah 1:12-14, Luke 10:32, Genesis 13:11, Ruth 2:22, 2 Samuel 19:24, 1 Kings 2:7, Job 6:21-23, 2 Samuel 21:7, 2 Chronicles 10:6-8, 2 Samuel 19:28, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Job 2:11, Isaiah 41:8-10
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
חֲכַם בְּנִי וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי וְאָשִׁיבָה חֹרְפִי דָבָר׃ (1354)
See also: Proverbs 10:1, Psalms 119:42, Psalms 127:5, Proverbs 29:3, Proverbs 23:15-16, Proverbs 23:24-25, 2 John 1:4, Proverbs 15:20, Ecclesiastes 2:18-21, Psalms 127:4-5, Philemon 1:7, Philemon 1:19-20
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָשׁוּ׃ (2792)
See also: Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 14:15, Hebrews 11:7, Proverbs 18:10, Acts 27:11, 2 Samuel 17:22, 2 Peter 3:10-14, Genesis 41:34, Exodus 9:20-21, Deuteronomy 19:5, 2 Kings 6:10, Proverbs 7:7, 2 Peter 3:7, Psalms 57:1-3, Isaiah 26:20-21, Matthew 3:7, Hebrews 6:18
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
קַח־בִּגְדֹו כִּי־עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נָכְרִיָּה חַבְלֵהוּ׃ (1050)
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ ׀ בְּקֹול גָּדֹול בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֹו׃ (2314)
See also: 2 Samuel 16:16-19, 1 Samuel 29:5, Acts 12:22-23, Genesis 21:14, Proverbs 7:11, Jeremiah 28:2-4, 2 Samuel 15:2-7, 2 Samuel 17:7-13, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:13
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
דֶּלֶף טֹורֵד בְּיֹום סַגְרִיר וְאֵשֶׁת [מִדֹונִים כ] (מִדְיָנִים ק) נִשְׁתָּוָה׃ (2756)
See also: Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 30:23, Job 14:19
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
צֹפְנֶיהָ צָפַן־רוּחַ וְשֶׁמֶן יְמִינֹו יִקְרָא׃ (1492)
See also: John 12:3
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד וְאִישׁ יַחַד פְּנֵי־רֵעֵהוּ׃ (1262)
See also: Hebrews 10:24, Proverbs 27:9, Ecclesiastes 4:9, Job 4:3-4, 1 Samuel 23:16, Isaiah 35:3-4, 2 Timothy 2:3, 1 Peter 4:12-13, 2 Samuel 10:11-12, James 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:9-13, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, Luke 24:32, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Samuel 11:9-10, Joshua 1:18, 1 Samuel 13:20-21, Job 16:5, John 11:29
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּד׃ (1805)
See also: 1 Corinthians 9:7, 2 Timothy 2:6, Song of Solomon 8:12, John 12:26, Luke 12:37, Genesis 39:4, Matthew 24:46, Luke 12:43-44, Luke 19:17, 1 Corinthians 3:8, Genesis 39:22-23, Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 22:29, Matthew 25:21-22, 1 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Peter 2:18, 1 Peter 2:21, Genesis 24:2-3, Genesis 39:2-5, Exodus 24:13
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
כַּמַּיִם הַפָּנִים לַפָּנִים כֵּן לֵב־הָאָדָם לָאָדָם׃ (732)
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
שְׁאֹול [וַאֲבַדֹּה כ] (וַאֲבַדֹּו ק) לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְעֵינֵי הָאָדָם לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה׃ (2406)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:8, 1 John 2:16, Proverbs 30:15-16, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Habakkuk 2:5, Proverbs 30:16, Ecclesiastes 2:10-11, Ecclesiastes 5:10-11, Jeremiah 22:17, Psalms 16:10, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 5:14, Job 26:6, Psalms 55:23
21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלֹו׃ (1424)
See also: Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, 1 Samuel 25:33, Psalms 66:10, Malachi 3:3, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Samuel 18:7-8, 1 Samuel 18:15-16, 1 Samuel 18:30, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:25, 2 Samuel 15:6-12, Job 28:1, Psalms 12:6, 1 Peter 4:12
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
אִם תִּכְתֹּושׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִיל ׀ בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתֹוךְ הָרִיפֹות בַּעֱלִי לֹא־תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתֹּו׃ (4919)
See also: Proverbs 23:35, Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 1:5, Revelation 16:10-11, Exodus 12:30, Exodus 14:5, Psalms 14:1, Jeremiah 44:15-16, Exodus 15:9, 2 Chronicles 28:22-23, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 17:10, Mark 7:22, Judges 16:4, 1 Samuel 19:21, 1 Kings 22:18, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Chronicles 24:14, Psalms 85:8, Proverbs 14:24
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ שִׁית לִבְּךָ לַעֲדָרִים׃ (1975)
See also: 1 Peter 5:2, Proverbs 21:5, John 21:15-17, Genesis 33:13, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 24:32, Proverbs 28:19, Ezekiel 34:31, John 10:3, Deuteronomy 32:46, 1 Chronicles 27:29-31, Proverbs 13:23, Ezekiel 34:22-24, 1 Timothy 6:8, Genesis 31:38-40, Psalms 112:5, Proverbs 24:4, Ecclesiastes 5:9, Luke 16:3
24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
כִּי לֹא לְעֹולָם חֹסֶן וְאִם־נֵזֶר לְדֹור [דֹור כ] (וָדֹור׃ ק) (1445)
See also: Proverbs 23:5, 1 Timothy 6:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, Psalms 39:6, Zephaniah 1:18, Deuteronomy 17:20, 2 Samuel 7:16, Psalms 89:36, Isaiah 9:7, James 1:10
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
גָּלָה חָצִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶשֶׁא וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עִשְּׂבֹות הָרִים׃ (2149)
See also: Proverbs 10:5, Psalms 104:14
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
כְּבָשִׂים לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ וּמְחִיר דֶה עַתּוּדִים׃ (1563)
See also: Job 31:20
27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
וְדֵי ׀ חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ לְלֶחֶם בֵּיתֶךָ וְחַיִּים לְנַעֲרֹותֶיךָ׃ (1715)