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English Standard Version

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

Proverbs 27:1

You ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.

James 4:15

Proverbs 27 (English Standard Version)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?

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James 4 (English Standard Version)

12 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.

Proverbs 27:1

What you should say is, If it's the Lord's will, we'll live like this and plan to do that.

James 4:15

Proverbs 27 (Free Bible Version)

1 Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
2 Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
3 Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
4 Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

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James 4 (Free Bible Version)

12 There's only one lawgiver and judge—the one who can either save or destroy you—so who are you to judge your neighbor?
13 Come on now!—you people who say, “Either today or tomorrow we'll go to such-and-such a city, spend a year in business there, and make a profit.”
14 You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.
15 What you should say is, “If it's the Lord's will, we'll live like this and plan to do that.”
16 But right now you're caught up in your vain ideas. All this boasting is evil.
17 For it is a sin if you know to do what's right but don't do it.

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