Proverbs 20:28
English Standard Version
28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.
Proverbs 20:28
New International Version
Proverbs 20:28
King James Version
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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Proverbs 21:8
English Standard Version
8 The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is upright.
Proverbs 21:8
New International Version
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 21:8
King James Version
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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Proverbs 21:29
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes
Proverbs 21:29
New International Version
29 The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)
Proverbs 21:29
King James Version
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
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Proverbs 22:10-11
New International Version
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(A)
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.(B)
Proverbs 22:10-11
King James Version
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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Proverbs 23:1-3
English Standard Version
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
3 (A)Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:1-3
New International Version
Proverbs 23:1-3
King James Version
23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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Proverbs 23:6-8
English Standard Version
6 (A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
(C)do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (D)heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
Proverbs 23:6-8
New International Version
Saying 9
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
Proverbs 23:6-8
King James Version
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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Proverbs 25:5
English Standard Version
5 take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 25:5
New International Version
Proverbs 25:5
King James Version
5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Proverbs 26:6
English Standard Version
6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:6
New International Version
6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool(A)
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
Proverbs 26:6
King James Version
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
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Proverbs 26:10
English Standard Version
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby
Proverbs 26:10
New International Version
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
Proverbs 26:10
King James Version
10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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