1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures (DBY)
Proverbs 27
1 Observations of selflove, 5 of true love, 11 of care to avoid offences, 23 and of the household care.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:1 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:1 ¶
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:2 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:3 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:4 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:4
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:5 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:5
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:6 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:7 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:7
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:8 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:9 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:10 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:11 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:12 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:12
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:13 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:13
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:14 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:15 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:15
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:16 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:16
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:17 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:17
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:18 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:19 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:19
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:20 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:20
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:21 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:21
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:22 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:22
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:23 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:23
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:24 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:24
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:25 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:25
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
![Online Translations of the Bible Proverbs 27:26 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures](http://chatbible.com/_/r1.gif)
27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
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27:27
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.