Proverbs 3:3-4
Revised Standard Version
3 Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them about your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 So you will find favor and good repute[a]
in the sight of God and man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:4 Cn: Heb understanding
Proverbs 3:3-4
American Standard Version
3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
4 So shalt thou find favor and [a]good understanding
In the sight of God and man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:4 Or, good repute
Proverbs 22:1
Revised Standard Version
22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
Proverbs 22:1
American Standard Version
22 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
And [a]loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:1 Or, favor is better than etc.
Proverbs 25:9-10
Revised Standard Version
9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not disclose another’s secret;
10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,
and your ill repute have no end.
Proverbs 25:9-10
American Standard Version
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself,
[a]And disclose not the secret of another;
10 Lest he that heareth it revile thee,
And thine infamy turn not away.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:9 Or, But
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