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Bible Commentaries
Proverbs 27

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Verse 1

27:1 Boast not thyself of to {a} morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

(a) Do not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.

Verse 4

27:4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before {b} envy?

(b) For the envious are obstinate, and cannot be reconciled.

Verse 6

27:6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] {c} deceitful.

(c) They are flattering and seem friendly.

Verse 10

27:10 Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s {d} house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

(d) Do not trust any worldly help in the day of your trouble.

Verse 12

27:12 {e} A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

(e) Read Geneva "Proverbs 22:3"

Verse 14

27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising {f} early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

(f) Hastily and without cause.

Verse 17

27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a {g} man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

(g) One hasty man provokes another to anger.

Verse 19

27:19 As in water face [answereth] to face, {h} so the heart of man to man.

(h) There is no difference between men by nature, only the grace of God makes the difference.

Verse 21

27:21 [As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his {i} praise.

(i) That is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest.

Verse 26

27:26 The {k} lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

(k) This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.

Bibliographical Information
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Proverbs 27". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/proverbs-27.html. 1599-1645.
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