--- title: "Proverbs 27 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Proverbs 27 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/27" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/27)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/27)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/27) Audio 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.* 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone *is* heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath *is* heavier than them both.* 4 Wrath *is* cruel, and anger *is* outrageous; but who *is* able to stand before envy?** 5 Open rebuke *is* better than secret love. 6 Faithful *are* the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy *are* deceitful.* 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.* 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so *is* a man that wandereth from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so *doth* the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.* 10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: *for* better *is* a neighbour *that is* near than a brother far off. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent *man* foreseeth the evil, *and* hideth himself; *but* the simple pass on, *and* are punished. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, *which* bewrayeth *itself*. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face *answereth* to face, so the heart of man to man. 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.* 21 *As* the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so *is* a man to his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, *yet* will not his foolishness depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, *and* look well to thy herds.* 24 For riches *are* not for ever: and doth the crown *endure* to every generation?** 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs *are* for thy clothing, and the goats *are* the price of the field. 27 And *thou shalt have* goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and *for* the maintenance for thy maidens.* [Proverbs 26](/study/proverbs/26) [Proverbs 28](/study/proverbs/28) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Pro 27:1](/kjv/pro/27/1) Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Ver. 1. **Boast not thyself of tomorrow.** ] That is, Of what thou wilt do hereafter, [Exodus 13:14](/kjv/exodus/13/14) *, marg.* *in quovis tempore postero.* See [1 Samuel 28:19](/kjv/1-samuel/28/19) [James 4:14](/kjv/james/4/14) . He *a* was a wise man, that being invited to a feast on the next morrow, answered, *Ex multis annis crastinum non habui,* For these many years I have not had a morrow day to promise for any business. But what luxurious fools were those Sybarites, that intending a feast, did use to invite their guests a whole year before! *b* **** **For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.** ] *c* A great bellied day. While a woman is yet with child, none can tell what kind of birth it will be.[Luk 21:23](/kjv/-luk/21/23) Time travaileth with God’s decrees, and in their season brings them forth; but little doth any man know what is in the womb of tomorrow, till God hath signified his will by the event. David in his prosperity said, that he should "never be moved"; but he soon after found a sore alteration: God confuted his confidence.[Psa 30:6-7](/kjv/-psa/30/6-7) So the evil which men intend against us may prove abortive, either die in the womb, or else they may travail with mischief, and bring forth a lie - that is, somewhat contrary to what they intended; but *fata viam invenient - stat sua cuique dies.* [Judges 5:28-30](/kjv/judges/5/28-30) **[1Ki 20:10](/kjv/-1ki/20/10) *Accidit in puncto quod non speratur in anno.* *a* Petrarch, lib. iii. Memorab. ad finem. *b* Aelian. *c* *Nescis quid serus vesper vehat. 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