Proverbs 17:10-11

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
¹¹A rebellious person seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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Proverbs 17:10-11

English Standard Version

¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
¹¹An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and ^(A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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Proverbs 17:10-11

New International Version

¹⁰A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.

¹¹Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.

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Proverbs 19:20

New American Standard Bible

²⁰^(A)Listen to advice and accept discipline,
So that you may be wise ^[a]the rest of your days.

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Proverbs 19:20 Lit in your latter end

Proverbs 19:20

English Standard Version

²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in ^(A)the future.

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Proverbs 19:20

New International Version

²⁰Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)

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Proverbs 19:27

New American Standard Bible

²⁷Stop listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 19:27

English Standard Version

²⁷Cease to hear instruction, my son,
^(A)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 19:27

New International Version

²⁷Stop listening to instruction, my son,^(A)
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 20:2

New American Standard Bible

²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
One who provokes him to anger ^[a]^(A)forfeits his own life.

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Proverbs 20:2 Lit sins against

Proverbs 20:2

English Standard Version

²The terror of a king is like ^(A)the growling of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger ^(B)forfeits his life.

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Proverbs 20:2

New International Version

²A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;^(A)
those who anger him forfeit their lives.^(B)

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Proverbs 20:6

New American Standard Bible

⁶Many a person ^(A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a ^(B)trustworthy person?

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Proverbs 20:6

English Standard Version

⁶Many a man ^(A)proclaims his own steadfast love,
but ^(B)a faithful man who can find?

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Proverbs 20:6

New International Version

⁶Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?^(A)

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Proverbs 20:8

New American Standard Bible

⁸^(A)A king who sits on the throne of justice
^[a]Disperses all evil with his eyes.

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Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts

Proverbs 20:8

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
^(B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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Proverbs 20:8

New International Version

⁸When a king sits on his throne to judge,^(A)
he winnows out all evil with his eyes.^(B)

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Proverbs 20:11

New American Standard Bible

¹¹It is by his deeds that a boy ^[a]^(A)distinguishes himself,
If his conduct is pure and right.

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Proverbs 20:11 Or makes himself known

Proverbs 20:11

English Standard Version

¹¹Even a child ^(A)makes himself known by his acts,
by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^[a]

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Proverbs 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

Proverbs 20:11

New International Version

¹¹Even small children are known by their actions,
so is their conduct really pure^(A) and upright?

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Proverbs 20:30

New American Standard Bible

³⁰^(A)Bruising wounds clean away evil,
And blows cleanse the ^[a]innermost parts.

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Proverbs 20:30 Lit chambers of the body

Proverbs 20:30

English Standard Version

³⁰^(A)Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean ^(B)the innermost parts.

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Proverbs 20:30

New International Version

³⁰Blows and wounds scrub^(A) away evil,
and beatings^(B) purge the inmost being.

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Proverbs 21:1

New American Standard Bible

On Life and Conduct

21 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He ^(A)turns it wherever He pleases.

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Proverbs 21:1

English Standard Version

21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he ^(A)turns it wherever he will.

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Proverbs 21:1

New International Version

21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.^(A)

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