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The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
    but the Lord tests the heart.(A)

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(A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    (B)and the Lord tests hearts.

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
    the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)

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10 (A)The name of the Lord is (B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and (C)is safe.

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24 Some[a] friends play at friendship,[b]
    but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.24 Syr Tg: Heb A man of
  2. 18.24 Cn Compare Syr Vg Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but (A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
    and will be repaid in full.(A)

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17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he (B)will repay him for his (C)deed.

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21 The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.(A)

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21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (B)the Lord has made them both.

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22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
    wait for the Lord, and he will help you.(A)

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22 Do not say, (A)“I will repay evil”;
    (B)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

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24 All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
    how then can we understand our own ways?(A)

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24 A man's (A)steps are from the Lord;
    how then can man understand his way?

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27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching every inmost part.(A)

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27 (A)The spirit[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    (B)searching all (C)his innermost parts.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:27 Hebrew breath

To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)

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(A)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

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30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.(A)
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but the victory belongs to the Lord.(B)

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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.
31 (B)The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but (C)the victory belongs to the Lord.

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The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.

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(A)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (B)the Maker of them all.

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