Proverbs 27:1

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Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 4:13-16 : 13 Come now, you who say,“Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. 15 You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
  • 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 For he says,“I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
  • 1 Sam 28:19 : 19 The LORD will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”

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    82%

    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

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    78%

    13Come now, you who say,“Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

    14You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

    15You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

    16But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.

  • Matt 6:34
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    34So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

  • Eccl 8:7
    73%

    7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Eccl 7:10
    72%

    10Do not say,“Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.

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    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Prov 3:28
    72%

    28Do not say to your neighbor,“Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.

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    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

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    71%

    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Eccl 10:14
    70%

    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

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    70%

    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

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    16So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

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    70%

    17But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

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    6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

  • Ps 52:1
    70%

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  • Isa 47:11
    70%

    11Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

  • Job 8:9
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    9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • Prov 25:14
    69%

    14Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

  • Ps 39:6
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    5Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

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    69%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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