Proverbs 17:10-11
International Standard Version
10 A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
11 A rebellious person seeks evil;
a cruel emissary will be sent to oppose him.
Proverbs 17:10-11
Lexham English Bible
10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
11 An evil person will seek only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 19:20
International Standard Version
20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
and you’ll be wise for the rest of your life.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:20 The Heb. lacks of your life
Proverbs 19:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction
so that you will gain wisdom for your future.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:20 Literally “after things”
Proverbs 19:27
International Standard Version
27 My son, if you stop listening to instruction,
you will stray from the principles of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
Lexham English Bible
27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”
Proverbs 20:2
International Standard Version
2 A king’s anger is like a lion’s roar;
anyone who angers him forfeits his life.
Proverbs 20:2
Lexham English Bible
2 Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
he who provokes him forfeits his life.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 20:6
International Standard Version
6 Many claim “I’m a loyal person!”[a]
but who can find someone who truly is?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:6 Lit. claim to be people of gracious love
Proverbs 20:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?
Proverbs 20:8
International Standard Version
8 A king sits on a throne of justice,
sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance.
Proverbs 20:8
Lexham English Bible
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:11
International Standard Version
11 Even a child is known by his actions,
whether his deeds are pure and right.
Proverbs 20:11
Lexham English Bible
11 Even by his acts, a young man[a] will make himself known,
whether his acts are pure and upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:11 Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”
Proverbs 20:30
International Standard Version
30 Blows that wound clean away evil;
such beatings cleanse[a] the innermost being.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:30 The Heb. lacks cleanse
Proverbs 20:30
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”
Proverbs 21:1
International Standard Version
Thoughts on the Sovereignty of God
21 A king’s heart is a water stream that the Lord controls;
he directs it wherever he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1
Lexham English Bible
21 Streams of water are the heart[a] of a king in the hand of Yahweh;
wherever[b] he will desire, he will turn.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:1 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 21:1 Literally “upon all that”
Proverbs 22:11
International Standard Version
11 Whoever loves purity[a] and gracious speech
will gain the king as his friend.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:11 Lit. purity of heart
Proverbs 22:11
Lexham English Bible
11 He who loves purity of heart
and hasgracious speech,[a] his friend is the king.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:11 Literally “grace of his lips”
Proverbs 25:2-7
International Standard Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.
3 Just as the heavens are high
and earth is deep,
so the heart of a king is unfathomable.
4 Purge the dross from the silver,
and material for[a] a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.
5 Purge the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
6 Don’t magnify yourself in the presence of a king,
and don’t pretend to be in the company of famous men,
7 for it is better that it be told you, “Come up here,”
than for you to be placed lower
in the presence of an official.
What you’ve seen with your own eyes,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:4 The Heb. lacks material for
Proverbs 25:2-7
Lexham English Bible
2 The glory of God[a] conceals things,
but the glory of kings searches out things.
3 As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth,
so is the heart[b] of kings—there is no searching.
4 Remove the dross from silver,
and it will become a vessel for the smith.
5 Remove the wicked before a king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.[c]
6 Do not promote yourself before the king,
and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
7 For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”
than he humble you before a noble.
What your eyes have seen,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:2 Or “gods”
- Proverbs 25:3 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 25:5 Hebrew “in the righteousness”
Proverbs 27:18
International Standard Version
18 Whoever nurtures the fig tree will eat its fruit,
and whoever obeys[a] his master will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:18 Lit. guards
Proverbs 27:18
Lexham English Bible
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master[a] will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:18 Or “lord”
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