Proverbs 27:1 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 27:2 Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; A foreigner, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of an ignorant fool is heavier than both of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "boast", "tomorrow", "bring", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "boast" and "tomorrow", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Let a stranger praise you and not...", so "boast" and "tomorrow" should be read forward into that movement. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "boast" and "tomorrow" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.