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Proverbs 17:7
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:7
Modern English Version
7 Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
much less lying lips to a prince.
Proverbs 17:7
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:7
Authorized (King James) Version
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:7
New International Version
Proverbs 17:7
New International Version
7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)
Proverbs 17:10
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:10
Modern English Version
10 A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:10
Authorized (King James) Version
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man
than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
New International Version
Proverbs 17:10
New International Version
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:12
Modern English Version
12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:12
Authorized (King James) Version
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
New International Version
Proverbs 17:12
New International Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 17:16
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:16
Modern English Version
16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he has no heart for it?
Proverbs 17:16
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:16
Authorized (King James) Version
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 17:16
New International Version
Proverbs 17:16
New International Version
16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?(A)
Proverbs 17:24-25
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:24-25
Modern English Version
24 Wisdom is before him who has understanding,
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:24-25
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:24-25
Authorized (King James) Version
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 17:24-25
New International Version
Proverbs 17:24-25
New International Version
24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(B)
Proverbs 17:28
Modern English Version
Proverbs 17:28
Modern English Version
28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise;
and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:28
Authorized (King James) Version
Proverbs 17:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:28
New International Version
Proverbs 17:28
New International Version
28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.(A)
Modern English Version (MEV)
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