Scripture Context

Proverbs 27:20 - Proverbs 28:2

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;

24 For riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?

25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Proverbs 28
Intro: Of impiety and religious integrity.

1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.