Proverbs 2:6-8

New International Version

⁶For the Lord gives wisdom;^(A)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.^(B)
⁷He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield^(C) to those whose walk is blameless,^(D)
⁸for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.^(E)

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Proverbs 2:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶For the Lord gives wisdom,
    and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷He stores up sound wisdom for the upright
    and is a shield to those who walk in integrity—
⁸guarding the paths of the just
    and protecting the way of his faithful ones.

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Proverbs 2:6-8

King James Version

⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Proverbs 3:3-4

New International Version

³Let love and faithfulness^(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.^(B)
⁴Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.^(C)

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Proverbs 3:3-4

International Standard Version

³Do not let gracious love and truth leave you.
Bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart,
⁴and find favor and a good reputation^[a] with God and men.

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Proverbs 3:4 Lit. good judgment or sense

Proverbs 3:3-4

King James Version

³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

⁴So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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Proverbs 3:11

New International Version

¹¹My son,^(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(B)
and do not resent his rebuke,

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Proverbs 3:11

International Standard Version

¹¹My son, do not reject the Lord’s discipline,
and do not despise his correction,

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Proverbs 3:11

King James Version

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

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Proverbs 5:21

New International Version

²¹For your ways are in full view^(A) of the Lord,
and he examines^(B) all your paths.^(C)

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Proverbs 5:21

International Standard Version

²¹Indeed, what a man does is^[a] always in the Lord’s presence,^[b]
and he weighs all his paths.

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Proverbs 5:21 Lit. Indeed, a man’s ways are
Proverbs 5:21 Lit. in front of the Lord’s eyes

Proverbs 5:21

King James Version

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

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Proverbs 6:16-19

New International Version

¹⁶There are six things the Lord hates,^(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
¹⁷        haughty eyes,^(B)
        a lying tongue,^(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,^(D)
¹⁸        a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,^(E)
¹⁹        a false witness^(F) who pours out lies^(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.^(H)

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Proverbs 6:16-19

International Standard Version

What God Hates

¹⁶Here are six things that the Lord hates—
    seven, in fact,^[a] are detestable to him:^[b]
¹⁷Arrogant eyes,
    a lying tongue,
        and hands shedding innocent blood;
¹⁸a heart crafting evil plans,
    feet running swiftly to wickedness,
¹⁹a false witness snorting lies,
    and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

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Proverbs 6:16 The Heb. lacks in fact
Proverbs 6:16 Lit. to his soul

Proverbs 6:16-19

King James Version

¹⁶These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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Proverbs 15:3

New International Version

³The eyes^(A) of the Lord are everywhere,^(B)
keeping watch on the wicked and the good.^(C)

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Proverbs 15:3

International Standard Version

³The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
observing both the evil and the good.

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Proverbs 15:3

King James Version

³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

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Proverbs 15:11

New International Version

¹¹Death and Destruction^[a] lie open before the Lord^(A)—
how much more do human hearts!^(B)

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Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

Proverbs 15:11

International Standard Version

¹¹Since Sheol^[a] and Abaddon^[b] lie open in the Lord’s presence,
how much more the hearts of human beings!

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Proverbs 15:11 I.e. the realm of the dead
Proverbs 15:11 I.e. the realm of destruction in the afterlife

Proverbs 15:11

King James Version

¹¹Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

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Proverbs 15:29

New International Version

²⁹The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.^(A)

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Proverbs 15:29

International Standard Version

²⁹The Lord is far away from the wicked,
but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

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Proverbs 15:29

King James Version

²⁹The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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Proverbs 16:1-2

New International Version

16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.^(A)

²All a person’s ways seem pure to them,^(B)
but motives are weighed^(C) by the Lord.^(D)

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Proverbs 16:1-2

International Standard Version

Wisdom’s Blessings

16 People do the planning,^[a]
but the end result^[b] is from the Lord.

²Everything a person does seems pure in his own opinion,
but the Lord weighs intentions.

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Proverbs 16:1 Lit. Preparations of the heart belong to human beings
Proverbs 16:1 Or the response of the tongue

Proverbs 16:1-2

King James Version

16 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

²All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

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