Proverbs 12:24
New International Version
24 Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)
Proverbs 12:24
Lexham English Bible
24 The hand of the diligent ones will rule,
but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:24
King James Version
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Proverbs 17:10-11
New International Version
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.
Proverbs 17:10-11
Lexham English Bible
10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
11 An evil person will seek only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:10-11
King James Version
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Proverbs 20:6
New International Version
6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?(A)
Proverbs 20:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?
Proverbs 20:6
King James Version
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 20:8
New International Version
Proverbs 20:8
Lexham English Bible
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:8
King James Version
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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Proverbs 20:30
New International Version
Proverbs 20:30
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”
Proverbs 20:30
King James Version
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 22:11
New International Version
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.(A)
Proverbs 22:11
Lexham English Bible
11 He who loves purity of heart
and hasgracious speech,[a] his friend is the king.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:11 Literally “grace of his lips”
Proverbs 22:11
King James Version
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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Proverbs 25:2
New International Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(A)
Proverbs 25:2
Lexham English Bible
2 The glory of God[a] conceals things,
but the glory of kings searches out things.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:2 Or “gods”
Proverbs 25:2
King James Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
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Proverbs 25:5
New International Version
Proverbs 25:5
Lexham English Bible
5 Remove the wicked before a king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:5 Hebrew “in the righteousness”
Proverbs 25:5
King James Version
5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Proverbs 28:21
New International Version
Proverbs 28:21
Lexham English Bible
21 Showing partiality[a] is not good,
and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Literally “Recognizing faces”
Proverbs 28:21
King James Version
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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