Font Size
Proverbs 3:33-35
Modern English Version
Proverbs 3:33-35
Modern English Version
33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
but He blesses the habitation of the just.
34 Surely He scorns the scornful,
but He gives favor to the humble.
35 The wise will inherit glory,
but shame will be the legacy of fools.
Proverbs 3:33-35
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 3:33-35
Lexham English Bible
33 The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked,
and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.
34 With those who scorn, he is scornful,
but to those who are humble, he gives favor.
35 They will inherit the honor of the wise,
but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Proverbs 10:3
Modern English Version
Proverbs 10:3
Modern English Version
3 The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish,
but He casts away the desire of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:3
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 10:3
Lexham English Bible
3 Yahweh will not cause a righteous person[a] to go hungry,
but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 10:3
New International Version
Proverbs 10:3
New International Version
Proverbs 10:22
Modern English Version
Proverbs 10:22
Modern English Version
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and He adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 10:22
Lexham English Bible
22 The blessing of Yahweh makes one rich,
and he does not increase sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
New International Version
Proverbs 10:22
New International Version
Proverbs 10:24-25
Modern English Version
Proverbs 10:24-25
Modern English Version
24 The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more,
but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:24-25
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 10:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 The dread of the wicked will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,
but the righteous have a foundation forever.
Proverbs 10:28-30
Modern English Version
Proverbs 10:28-30
Modern English Version
28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright,
but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.
Proverbs 10:28-30
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 10:28-30
Lexham English Bible
28 The hope of the righteous is gladness,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
29 A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh,
but ruin belongs to evildoers.[a]
30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed.
But the wicked will not remain in the land.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:29 Literally “them who do evil”
- Proverbs 10:30 Or “earth”
Proverbs 10:28-30
New International Version
Proverbs 10:28-30
New International Version
28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)
29 The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
but it is the ruin of those who do evil.(B)
30 The righteous will never be uprooted,
but the wicked will not remain in the land.(C)
Proverbs 11:3
Modern English Version
Proverbs 11:3
Modern English Version
3 The integrity of the upright will guide them,
but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.
Proverbs 11:3
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 11:3
Lexham English Bible
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Proverbs 11:3
New International Version
Proverbs 11:3
New International Version
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)
Proverbs 11:5-8
Modern English Version
Proverbs 11:5-8
Modern English Version
5 The righteousness of the upright will direct his way,
but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.
7 When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
and the hope of unjust men perishes.
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked comes in his place.
Proverbs 11:5-8
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 11:5-8
Lexham English Bible
5 The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will save them,
but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
7 With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
and the expectation of the godless perishes.
8 The righteous is delivered from trouble,
but the wicked enters into it.
Proverbs 11:5-8
New International Version
Proverbs 11:5-8
New International Version
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(C)
8 The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and it falls on the wicked instead.(F)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from
Proverbs 11:19-21
Modern English Version
Proverbs 11:19-21
Modern English Version
19 As righteousness tends to life,
so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
20 Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to the Lord,
but such as are upright in their way are His delight.
21 Though be assured, the wicked will not be unpunished,
but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
Proverbs 11:19-21
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 11:19-21
Lexham English Bible
19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
as[a] he who pursues evil is to death.
20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[b]
but his delight are those with blameless ways.[c]
21 Rest assured,[d] the wicked will not go unpunished,
but the offspring[e] of the righteous will escape.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:19 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
- Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”
- Proverbs 11:21 Literally “Hand to hand”
- Proverbs 11:21 Or “seed”
Proverbs 11:19-21
New International Version
Proverbs 11:19-21
New International Version
20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(C)
but he delights(D) in those whose ways are blameless.(E)
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free.(F)
Proverbs 11:23
Modern English Version
Proverbs 11:23
Modern English Version
23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 11:23
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 11:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.
Proverbs 11:23
New International Version
Proverbs 11:23
New International Version
23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
Modern English Version (MEV)
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.