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Found 27 Verses (from 11)

Proverbs 27:12

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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. NIV

A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. AMP

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

Proverbs 27:4

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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? NIV

Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood, but who is able to stand before jealousy? AMP

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

Proverbs 27:14

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If anyone loudly blesses a neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. NIV

The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes]. AMP

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

Proverbs 27:10

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Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you – better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. NIV

Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart]. AMP

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. KJV

Proverbs 27:11

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Be wise, my child, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. NIV

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. [Prov. 10:1; 23:15, 24.] AMP

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

Proverbs 27:21

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise. NIV

As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts]. AMP

Proverbs 27:18

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Those who guard a fig tree will eat its fruit, and those who protect their masters will be honored. NIV

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored. [I Cor. 9:7, 13.] AMP

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

Proverbs 27:7

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One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. NIV

He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. AMP

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

Proverbs 27:22

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Though you grind fools in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them. NIV

Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. AMP

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

Proverbs 27:3

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Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. NIV

Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool's [unreasoning] wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them. AMP

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