Proverbs 27:1-10

1 Don't brag about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day will bring.

2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

5 A public correction is better than hidden love.

6 Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend; excessive are the kisses of an enemy.

7 Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

8 Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is one who wanders from home.

9 Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.

10 Don't desert your friend or a friend of your family; don't go to your relative's house when disaster strikes. Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

Proverbs 27:1-10 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb uncertain