Proverbs 15:11
Modern English Version
11 Death and destruction are before the Lord;
so how much more the hearts of the children of men.
Proverbs 15:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord:
how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Proverbs 16:2
Modern English Version
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.
Proverbs 16:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
Proverbs 17:3
Modern English Version
3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tries the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3
Authorized (King James) Version
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
but the Lord trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 20:11
Modern English Version
11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
Proverbs 20:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Proverbs 20:27
Modern English Version
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the heart.
Proverbs 20:27
Authorized (King James) Version
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 21:2
Modern English Version
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 21:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:
but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 27:19
Modern English Version
19 As in water face answers to face,
so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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