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Proverbs 27:1-7

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Warnings and Instructions

1 1Do not boast about tomorrow, For you 2do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let 3another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But 4who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is 5open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
6 Faithful are the 6wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the 7kisses of an enemy.
7 A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
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Proverbs 27:1-7 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 7

  • 1. James 4:13-16
  • 2. Luke 12:19, 20; James 4:14
  • 3. Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12, 18; 2 Corinthians 12:11
  • 4. Proverbs 6:34; 1 John 3:12
  • 5. Proverbs 28:23; Galatians 2:14
  • 6. Psalms 141:5; Proverbs 20:30
  • 7. Matthew 26:49

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Or "excessive"
  • [b] Lit "soul"
  • [c] Lit "tramples on"
  • [d] Lit "soul"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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