Proverbs 10:8
Modern English Version
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments,
but a prating fool will fall.
Proverbs 10:8
Authorized (King James) Version
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments:
but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:17
Modern English Version
17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
but he who refuses reproof errs.
Proverbs 10:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs 11:29
Modern English Version
29 He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
Authorized (King James) Version
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:1
Modern English Version
12 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 12:1
Authorized (King James) Version
12 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 13:1
Modern English Version
13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction:
but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:18
Modern English Version
18 Poverty and shame will be to him who refuses instruction,
but he who regards reproof will be honored.
Proverbs 13:18
Authorized (King James) Version
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 15:5
Modern English Version
5 A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who regards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:10
Modern English Version
10 Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way,
and he who hates reproof will die.
Proverbs 15:10
Authorized (King James) Version
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:
and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Proverbs 15:12
Modern English Version
12 A scorner does not love one who reproves him,
nor will he go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
Authorized (King James) Version
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 15:31-32
Modern English Version
31 The ear that hears the reproof of life
abides among the wise.
32 He who refuses instruction despises his own soul,
but he who hears reproof gains understanding.
Proverbs 15:31-32
Authorized (King James) Version
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life
abideth among the wise.
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:
but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs 16:14-15
Modern English Version
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,
but a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life,
and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 16:14-15
Authorized (King James) Version
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death:
but a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 17:2
Modern English Version
2 A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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