Proverbs 27
Lutheran reading notes
In Proverbs chapter 27, the wisdom literature continues to explore wisdom for righteous living and reverence for God. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes humanity’s limitations and the need to rely on God's grace and promises. The chapter highlights the contrast between human striving and the faithfulness of God.
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Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}
Proverbs 27:1 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:2 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
Proverbs 27:3 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
Wrath {is} cruel, and anger {is} outrageous; but who {is} able to stand before envy? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
Proverbs 27:4 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
Proverbs 27:5 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Faithful {are} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy {are} deceitful. {deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent}
Proverbs 27:6 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. {loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}
Proverbs 27:7 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so {is} a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 27:8 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
Proverbs 27:9 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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.
Proverbs 27:10 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:11 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
Proverbs 27:12 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:13 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:14 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:15 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
Proverbs 27:16 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:17 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 27:18 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
19
As in water face {answereth} to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:19 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. {never: Heb. not}
Proverbs 27:20 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
21
{As} the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so {is} a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:21 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}
Proverbs 27:23 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For riches {are} not for ever: and doth the crown {endure} to every generation? {riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}
Proverbs 27:24 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:25 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
26
The lambs {are} for thy clothing, and the goats {are} the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:26 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
27
And {thou shalt have} goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and {for} the maintenance for thy maidens. {maintenance: Heb. life}
Proverbs 27:27 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.