Proverbs 27:1-2

Listen to Proverbs 27:1-2
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, 1for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let 2another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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Proverbs 27:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

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Cross References 2

  • 1. 27:1 Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:13, 14
  • 2. 27:2 2 Cor. 10:12, 18; [ch. 25:27; 2 Cor. 12:11]
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