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Proverbs 27:1

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּ֭תְהַלֵּלTit.ha.lelyou boastH1984 →
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomin a dayH3117 →
מָחָ֑רma.ChartomorrowH4279 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תֵ֝דַ֗עte.Da'you knowH3045 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
יֵּ֥לֶדYe.ledwill it bring forthH3205 →
יֽוֹם׃Yoma dayH3117 →

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James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”James 4:13–16Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’James 4:16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.2 Corinthians 6:2For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.Esther 5:12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.Job 1:13One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”Genesis 27:2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.Judges 19:9When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,Proverbs 3:28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.

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