Daily Devotions

Proverbs 27:19: As in water face reflects face, so a man’s heart reveals the man.

Proverbs 27:17: As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:15–16: A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; Whoever restrains her restrains the wind, and grasps oil with his right hand.

Proverbs 27:14: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.

Proverbs 27:9–10: Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel. Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother …

Proverbs 27:5–6: Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 27:2: Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1: Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 26:20–21: Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 26:17: He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears.