Proverbs 27:1-7

1 Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.

2 May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

3 Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.

4 Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

5 Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

6 The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

7 An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "on the day of tomorrow"
• [b]. Literally "soul"
• [c]. Literally "soul"