Passage Research
Proverbs 27 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs on the danger of boasting about tomorrow, the trustworthy wounds of a friend, iron sharpening iron, and the heart revealed in a face reflected in water. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 27, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 212 / 159
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 21
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 27 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רֵעַ | rêaʻ | H7453 | 4 | associate |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 4 | heart, feelings |
| חָדַד | châdad | H2300 | 2 | be, make |
| אֱוִיל | ʼĕvîyl | H191 | 2 | silly |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 3 | ruddy, human being |
| נָדַד | nâdad | H5074 | 2 | wave, rove |
| צָפַן | tsâphan | H6845 | 2 | hide, covering |
How preachers through history handled this text
21 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 27, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We ought to have some business to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, and not to meddle with what we do not understand. We must be diligent and take pains. Let us do what we can, still the world cannot be secured to us, therefore we must choose a more lasting portion; but by the blessing of God upon our honest labours, we may expect to enjoy as much of earthly blessings as is good for us.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 27:23–30 (Public Domain)
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