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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 27

Chapter 27

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Boast

Psalms 95:7 Isaiah 56:12 Luke 12:19,20 2 Corinthians 6:2 James 4:13-16

to-morrow

Heb. to-morrow day. thou.

1 Samuel 28:19

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

25:27 2 Corinthians 10:12,18 12:11

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

heavy

Heb. heaviness. but.

17:12 Genesis 34:25,26 49:7 1 Samuel 22:18,19 Esther 3:5,6 Daniel 3:19 1 John 3:12

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

cruel, and anger is outrageous

Heb. cruelty, and anger an overflowing.

James 1:19-21

but

14:30 Genesis 26:14 37:11 Job 5:2 Matthew 27:18 Acts 5:17 *marg:; Acts 7:9 17:5 Romans 1:29 James 3:14-16 4:5,6 1 John 3:12

envy

or, jealousy.

6:34 Song of Solomon 8:6

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

28:23 Leviticus 19:17 Matthew 18:15 Galatians 2:14 1 Timothy 5:20

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

the wounds

2 Samuel 12:7-15 Job 5:17,18 Psalms 141:5 Hebrews 12:10 Revelation 3:19

the kisses

10:18 26:23-26 2 Samuel 20:9,10 Matthew 26:48-50

deceitful

or, earnest, or, frequent.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

full

Numbers 11:4-9,18-20 21:5

loatheth

Heb. treadeth under foot. to.

Job 6:7 Luke 15:16,17 John 6:9

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

a bird

Job 39:14-16 Isaiah 16:2

man

21:16 Genesis 4:16 16:6-8 1 Samuel 22:5 27:1-12 1 Kings 19:9 Nehemiah 6:11-13 Jonah 1:3,10-17 1 Corinthians 7:20 Jude 1:13

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Ointment

7:17 Judges 9:9 Psalms 45:7,8 104:15 133:2 Song of Solomon 1:3 3:6 4:10 John 12:3 2 Corinthians 2:15,16

so

15:23 16:21,23,24 Exodus 18:17-24 1 Samuel 23:16,17 Ezra 10:2-4 Acts 28:15

by hearty counsel

Heb. from the counsel of the soul.

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.

own

2 Samuel 19:24,28 21:7 1 Kings 12:6-8 2 Chronicles 24:22 Isaiah 41:8-10 Jeremiah 2:5

neither

19:7 Job 6:21-23 Obadiah 1:12-14

better

17:17 18:24 Luke 10:30-37 Acts 23:12,23-35

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

be wise

10:1 15:20 23:15,16,24,25 Ecclesiastes 2:18-21 Philemon 1:7,19,20 2 John 1:4

that I

Psalms 119:42 127:4,5

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

18:10 22:3 Exodus 9:20,21 Psalms 57:1-3 Isaiah 26:20,21 Matthew 3:7 Hebrews 6:18 Hebrews 11:7 2 Peter 3:7,10-14

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

6:1-4 20:16 22:26,27 Exodus 22:26

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

He that

2 Samuel 15:2-7 16:16-19 17:7-13 1 Kings 22:6,13 Jeremiah 28:2-4 Acts 12:22,23

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

A continual

19:13 21:9,19 25:24 Job 14:19

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

the ointment

John 12:3

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Iron

1 Samuel 13:20,21

so

9 Joshua 1:18 2:24 1 Samuel 11:9,10 23:16 2 Samuel 10:11,12 Job 4:3,4 Isaiah 35:3,4 1 Thessalonians 3:3 2 Timothy 1:8,12 2:3,9-13 Hebrews 10:24 James 1:2 1 Peter 4:12,13

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

keepeth

Song of Solomon 8:12 1 Corinthians 9:7,13

so

17:2 22:29 Genesis 24:2,3 39:2-5,22,23 Exodus 24:13 2 Kings 3:11 2 Kings 5:2,3,25,27 Mark 10:43 Acts 10:7 Colossians 3:22

shall be

1 Samuel 2:30 Psalms 123:2 Matthew 24:25,46 25:21,22 Luke 12:37,43,44 John 12:26 1 Peter 2:18,21

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

in

James 1:22-25

so

Genesis 6:5 Psalms 33:15 Mark 7:21

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Hell

30:15,16 Habakkuk 2:5

never

Heb. not. so.

23:5 Ecclesiastes 1:8 2:10,11 5:10,11 6:7 Jeremiah 22:17 1 John 2:16

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

the fining

17:3 Psalms 12:6 66:10 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:3 1 Peter 1:7 4:12

so

1 Samuel 18:7,8,15,16,30 2 Samuel 14:25 15:6-12

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

23:35 Exodus 12:30 14:5 15:9 2 Chronicles 28:22,23 Isaiah 1:5 Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 44:15,16 Revelation 16:10,11

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

diligent

Genesis 31:38-40 33:13 1 Samuel 17:28 1 Chronicles 27:29-31 2 Chronicles 26:10 Ezekiel 34:22-24,31 John 21:15-17 1 Peter 5:2

look well

Heb. set thy heart.

24:32 *marg:; Exodus 7:23 Deuteronomy 32:46

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

For

23:5 Zephaniah 1:18 1 Timothy 6:17,18

riches

Heb. strength.

James 1:10

doth

2 Samuel 7:16 Psalms 89:36 Isaiah 9:7

every generation

Heb. generation and generation.

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

hay

Rather, herbage, as chatzir uniformly denotes.

10:5 Psalms 104:14

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

Job 31:20

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

enough

30:8,9 Matthew 6:33

maintenance

Heb. life.