Proverbs 27:5-15

5 Better is ¹open rebuke Than love that is concealed.

6 Faithful are the ²wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the ³kisses of an enemy.

7 A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

8 Like a ⁴bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who ⁵wanders from his home.

9 ⁶Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.

10 Do not forsake your own ⁷friend or ⁸your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

11 ⁹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may ¹⁰reply * to him who reproaches me.

12 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.

13 ¹¹Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

14 ¹²He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.

15 A ¹³constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;

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Proverbs 27:5-15 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

Cross References 13

1. Proverbs 28:23; Galatians 2:14
2. Psalms 141:5; Proverbs 20:30
3. Matthew 26:49
4. Proverbs 26:2; Isaiah 16:2
5. Genesis 21:14
6. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 141:5
7. Proverbs 18:24
8. 1 Kings 12:6-8; 2 Chronicles 10:6-8
9. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 23:15; Proverbs 29:3
10. Psalms 119:42
11. Proverbs 20:16
12. Psalms 12:2
13. Proverbs 19:13

Footnotes 8

[a]. Or "excessive"
[b]. Lit "soul"
[c]. Lit "tramples on"
[d]. Lit "soul"
[e]. Lit "place"
[f]. Lit "soul's"
[g]. Lit "simple"
[h]. Lit "strange"