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Proverbs 17:10-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:10-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:11 Or a merciless angel
Proverbs 17:10-11
Common English Bible
Proverbs 17:10-11
Common English Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
11 Evil people seek only rebellion;
a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Proverbs 17:10-11
New International Version
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
King James Version
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 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:20 Lit in your end
Proverbs 19:20
Common English Bible
Proverbs 19:20
Common English Bible
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
so you might grow wise in the future.
Proverbs 19:20
New International Version
Proverbs 19:20
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Proverbs 19:20
King James Version
Proverbs 19:20
King James Version
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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Proverbs 19:27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
Common English Bible
Proverbs 19:27
Common English Bible
27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline,
you will wander away from words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
New International Version
Proverbs 19:27
New International Version
27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
King James Version
Proverbs 19:27
King James Version
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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2 A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.(A)
Proverbs 20:2
Common English Bible
Proverbs 20:2
Common English Bible
2 A king is as terrifying as a lion’s growl.
Those who anger him may lose their life.
Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
King James Version
Proverbs 20:2
King James Version
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy man?(A)
Proverbs 20:6
Common English Bible
Proverbs 20:6
Common English Bible
6 Many people will say that they are loyal,
but who can find a reliable person?
Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?(A)
Proverbs 20:6
King James Version
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
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Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king sitting on a throne to judge
sifts out all evil with his eyes.(A)
Proverbs 20:8
Common English Bible
Proverbs 20:8
Common English Bible
8 A king who sits on his judgment throne
sifts out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
King James Version
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 20:11
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Proverbs 20:11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
if his behavior is pure and upright.(A)
Proverbs 20:11
Common English Bible
Proverbs 20:11
Common English Bible
11 Even young people are known by their actions,
whether their conduct is pure and upright.
Proverbs 20:11
New International Version
Proverbs 20:11
New International Version
11 Even small children are known by their actions,
so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?
Proverbs 20:11
King James Version
Proverbs 20:11
King James Version
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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