>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/prov/27?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#0781b::c0781b) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/proverbs/27.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Proverbs/27.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/pro/27/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Proverbs 27 is a collection of wise sayings attributed to Solomon, addressing the audience of ancient Israel with teachings on practical and moral living. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>This chapter teaches us to be kind and not to brag about ourselves. It's better to have a good friend than to be angry or jealous. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Proverbs 27 offers wisdom on humility, friendship, and the unpredictability of life. It advises against boasting about the future and encourages letting others praise you instead of self-praise. The chapter underscores the value of true friendship, warns against envy, and highlights the importance of preparedness and diligence in one's duties. > >#Gospel/Humility #Gospel/Friendship #Gospel/Preparation ###### 1 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. ###### 2 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. ###### 3 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. ###### 4 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? ###### 5 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. ###### 6 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. ###### 7 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ###### 8 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. ###### 9 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. ###### 10 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. ###### 11 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. ###### 12 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. ###### 13 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. ###### 14 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. ###### 15 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ###### 16 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. ###### 17 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ###### 18 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. ###### 19 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. ###### 20 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ###### 21 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. ###### 22 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. ###### 23 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. ###### 24 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? ###### 25 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. ###### 26 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. ###### 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.