Proverbs 27:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 4:13-16 : 13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. 16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
  • 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):
  • 1 Sam 28:19 : 19 Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.

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    2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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    13Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

    14whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

    16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

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    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 3:28
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    28Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

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    23Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

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    6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

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    17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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