Proverbs 12:24
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:24 Lit slackness
Proverbs 12:24
Revised Standard Version
24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 17:10-11
Legacy Standard Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 A rebellious man seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:10-11
Revised Standard Version
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:6
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:8
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts
Proverbs 20:8
Revised Standard Version
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:30
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:30 Lit chambers of the stomach
Proverbs 20:30
Revised Standard Version
30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.
Proverbs 22:11
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:11
Revised Standard Version
11 He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
Proverbs 25:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 It is the glory of God to (A)conceal a matter,
But the glory of (B)kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 25:2
Revised Standard Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings is to search things out.
Proverbs 25:5
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:5
Revised Standard Version
5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 28:21
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face
Proverbs 28:21
Revised Standard Version
21 To show partiality is not good;
but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
Proverbs 29:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 If a (A)ruler pays attention to a lying word,
All his ministers become wicked.
Proverbs 29:12
Revised Standard Version
12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
Legacy Standard Bible
19 A slave will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no answer.
Proverbs 29:19
Revised Standard Version
19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not give heed.
Proverbs 29:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be [a]arrogant.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 Or a son
Proverbs 29:21
Revised Standard Version
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
will in the end find him his heir.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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