Add parallel Print Page Options

32 For crooked people are detestable to the Eternal,
    but those with integrity receive His counsel.

Read full chapter

32 For the Lord detests the perverse(A)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(B)

Read full chapter

32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

Read full chapter

30 The tree of life grows where the fruit of right-living falls,
    and whoever wins souls is wise.

Read full chapter

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

Read full chapter

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Read full chapter

26 Those who live right are good guides to those who follow,[a]
    but wrongdoers will steer their friends down the wrong path.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 12:26 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)

Read full chapter

26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Read full chapter

20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors,
    but the rich are loved by many friends.

Read full chapter

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

Read full chapter

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Read full chapter

28 Perverse people stir up contention;
    gossip makes best friends into enemies.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Those who forgive faults foster love,
    but those who repeatedly recall them ruin relationships.

Read full chapter

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)

Read full chapter

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Read full chapter

17 A true friend loves regardless of the situation,
    and a real brother exists to share the tough times.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

19 Winning over an offended brother is harder than breaching a strong city’s defenses;
    such fights are as tough as the iron gates of a castle.

Read full chapter

19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

Read full chapter

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Read full chapter

24 Someone with many so-called friends may end up friendless,
    but a true friend is closer than a brother.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter