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Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: ======= Proverbs 27:1 ============ Pro 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. (nasb) Pro 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.(kjv) Pro 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:2 ============ Pro 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. (nasb) Pro 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.(kjv) Pro 27:2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:3 ============ Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. (nasb) Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.(kjv) Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:4 ============ Pro 27:4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy? (nasb) Pro 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?(kjv) Pro 27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:5 ============ Pro 27:5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. (nasb) Pro 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.(kjv) Pro 27:5 Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:6 ============ Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. (nasb) Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.(kjv) Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:7 ============ Pro 27:7 A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet. (nasb) Pro 27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.(kjv) Pro 27:7 A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:8 ============ Pro 27:8 Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. (nasb) Pro 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.(kjv) Pro 27:8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:9 ============ Pro 27:9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend. (nasb) Pro 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.(kjv) Pro 27:9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart, And the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:10 ============ Pro 27:10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. (nasb) Pro 27:10 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.(kjv) Pro 27:10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, Nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:11 ============ Pro 27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me. (nasb) Pro 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.(kjv) Pro 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him who reproaches me.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:12 ============ Pro 27:12 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty. (nasb) Pro 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.(kjv) Pro 27:12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:13 ============ Pro 27:13 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge. (nasb) Pro 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.(kjv) Pro 27:13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:14 ============ Pro 27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. (nasb) Pro 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.(kjv) Pro 27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It will be counted a curse to him.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:15 ============ Pro 27:15 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; (nasb) Pro 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.(kjv) Pro 27:15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:16 ============ Pro 27:16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand. (nasb) Pro 27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.(kjv) Pro 27:16 Whoever restrains her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:17 ============ Pro 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. (nasb) Pro 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.(kjv) Pro 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:18 ============ Pro 27:18 He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored. (nasb) Pro 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.(kjv) Pro 27:18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; So he who waits on his master will be honored.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:19 ============ Pro 27:19 As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man. (nasb) Pro 27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.(kjv) Pro 27:19 As in water face reflects face, So a man's heart reveals the man.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:20 ============ Pro 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. (nasb) Pro 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.(kjv) Pro 27:20 Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:21 ============ Pro 27:21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him. (nasb) Pro 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.(kjv) Pro 27:21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man is valued by what others say of him.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:22 ============ Pro 27:22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him. (nasb) Pro 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.(kjv) Pro 27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:23 ============ Pro 27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds; (nasb) Pro 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.(kjv) Pro 27:23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:24 ============ Pro 27:24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations. (nasb) Pro 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?(kjv) Pro 27:24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:25 ============ Pro 27:25 When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, (nasb) Pro 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.(kjv) Pro 27:25 When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:26 ============ Pro 27:26 The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field, (nasb) Pro 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.(kjv) Pro 27:26 The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field;(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 27:27 ============ Pro 27:27 And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. (nasb) Pro 27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.(kjv) Pro 27:27 You shall have enough goats' milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 28:1 ============ Pro 28:1 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. (nasb) Pro 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.(kjv) Pro 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.(nkjv) |
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