Proverbs 27 King James Version



3 A stone is heavy, [1] and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath [2] is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. [3]

7 The full soul loatheth [4] an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.


9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 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.









20 Hell and destruction are never [5] full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.



23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look [6] well to thy herds. 24 For riches [7] are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance [8] for thy maidens.


[1] 27:3 heavy: Heb. heaviness

[2] 27:4 Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing

[3] 27:6 deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent

[4] 27:7 loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot

[5] 27:20 never: Heb. not

[6] 27:23 look...: Heb. set thy heart

[7] 27:24 riches: Heb. strength

[8] 27:27 maintenance: Heb. life

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