NITHYAM SONGSProverbs 27
World English Bible (WEB) • 27 verses
1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
RelatedJames 4:13-16 · Luke 12:19-20 · 2 Corinthians 6:2 · Isaiah 56:12 · 1 Samuel 28:19 · Psalms 95:7
2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
RelatedDaniel 3:19 · 1 John 3:12 · Genesis 49:7 · Proverbs 17:12 · 1 Samuel 22:18-19 · Genesis 34:25-26
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
RelatedPsalms 141:5 · Revelation 3:19 · Job 5:17-18 · Proverbs 26:23-26 · Hebrews 12:10 · 2 Samuel 12:7-15
7A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
RelatedProverbs 21:16 · 1 Corinthians 7:20 · Isaiah 16:2 · Jonah 1:10-17 · Jonah 1:3 · Genesis 16:6-8
9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
RelatedProverbs 16:23-24 · Proverbs 16:21 · Psalms 23:5 · Psalms 104:15 · Proverbs 15:23 · Song of Solomon 4:10
10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
RelatedProverbs 18:24 · Proverbs 17:17 · Luke 10:30-37 · 1 Kings 12:6-8 · Proverbs 19:7 · Obadiah 1:12-14
11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
RelatedProverbs 10:1 · Psalms 119:42 · Proverbs 23:15-16 · 2 John 1:4 · Proverbs 23:24-25 · Proverbs 15:20
12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
RelatedProverbs 22:3 · Proverbs 18:10 · Hebrews 11:7 · 2 Peter 3:10-14 · 2 Peter 3:7 · Exodus 9:20-21
13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
Related2 Samuel 16:16-19 · Acts 12:22-23 · Jeremiah 28:2-4 · 2 Samuel 15:2-7 · 2 Samuel 17:7-13 · 1 Kings 22:13
15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
RelatedJohn 12:3
17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Related1 Corinthians 9:7 · 2 Timothy 2:6 · Song of Solomon 8:12 · John 12:26 · Luke 12:37 · 1 Corinthians 3:8
19Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
RelatedEcclesiastes 1:8 · 1 John 2:16 · Proverbs 30:15-16 · Ecclesiastes 6:7 · Habakkuk 2:5 · Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
RelatedProverbs 23:35 · Jeremiah 5:3 · Isaiah 1:5 · Revelation 16:10-11 · Jeremiah 44:15-16 · Exodus 14:5
23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
Related1 Peter 5:2 · John 21:15-17 · Genesis 33:13 · 2 Chronicles 26:10 · Ezekiel 34:31 · Proverbs 24:32
24for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
RelatedJob 31:20
27There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.