Proverbs 14:23
New International Version
23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- 14:23 Lit but word of lips
Proverbs 14:23
King James Version
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Proverbs 15:6
New International Version
Proverbs 15:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:6
King James Version
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
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Proverbs 15:16
New International Version
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
King James Version
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Proverbs 16:6-7
New International Version
Proverbs 16:6-7
Christian Standard Bible
6 Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(A)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(B)
7 When a person’s ways please the Lord,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.(C)
Proverbs 16:6-7
King James Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
7 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Proverbs 16:26
New International Version
26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.
Proverbs 16:26
Christian Standard Bible
26 A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger[a] urges him on.
Footnotes
- 16:26 Lit mouth
Proverbs 16:26
King James Version
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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Proverbs 17:2
New International Version
2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
Proverbs 17:2
Christian Standard Bible
2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
King James Version
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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Proverbs 19:17
New International Version
Proverbs 19:17
Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- 19:17 Lit to him
Proverbs 19:17
King James Version
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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Proverbs 20:13
New International Version
13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 20:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.(A)
Proverbs 20:13
King James Version
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Proverbs 22:4
New International Version
Proverbs 22:4
Christian Standard Bible
4 Humility, the fear of the Lord,
results in wealth, honor, and life.(A)
Proverbs 22:4
King James Version
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
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