10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(B)

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10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 (A)discretion will (B)watch over you,
    understanding will guard you,

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10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(B)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(C)

18 The path of the righteous(D) is like the morning sun,(E)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(F)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;(G)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.(H)

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (B)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    (C)and drink the wine of violence.
18 But (D)the path of the righteous is like (E)the light of dawn,
    which shines (F)brighter and brighter until (G)full day.
19 (H)The way of the wicked is like deep (I)darkness;
    they do not know over what they (J)stumble.

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14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and (B)a whisperer (C)separates close friends.

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28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

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12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    (B)rather than a fool in his folly.

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12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.

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17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(A)

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24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but (A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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(A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    (B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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