Proverbs 17:8
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:8 Lit stone of grace
Proverbs 17:8
Revised Standard Version
8 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
Proverbs 17:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:23
Revised Standard Version
23 A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom
to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 20:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
In the end will not be blessed.
Proverbs 20:21
Revised Standard Version
21 An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning
will in the end not be blessed.
Proverbs 21:3
Legacy Standard Bible
3 To do (A)righteousness and justice
Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
Revised Standard Version
3 To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
Legacy Standard Bible
6 (A)Working for treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting breath, by those who pursue (B)death.
7 The destruction of the wicked will drag them away,
Because they (C)refuse to do justice.
8 The way of a guilty man is (D)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.
Proverbs 21:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is right.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Legacy Standard Bible
22 (A)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
And do not (B)crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will (C)plead their case
And rob the soul of those who rob them.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Revised Standard Version
22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 for the Lord will plead their cause
and despoil of life those who despoil them.
Proverbs 24:23-26
Legacy Standard Bible
23 These also are (A)sayings of the wise.
To [a](B)show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 He (C)who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
(D)Peoples will curse him, nations will be indignant with him;
25 But (E)to those who reprove the wicked, it will be pleasant,
And a good blessing will come upon them.
26 He kisses the lips
Who responds with right words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:23 Lit recognize a face
Proverbs 24:23-26
Revised Standard Version
Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;
25 but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
and a good blessing will be upon them.
26 He who gives a right answer
kisses the lips.
Proverbs 28:3
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Lit and there is no bread
Proverbs 28:3
Revised Standard Version
3 A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 (A)Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked—[a]double dealing—though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Lit two ways
Proverbs 28:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:8
Legacy Standard Bible
8 He who increases his wealth by (A)interest and usury
Gathers it (B)for him who is gracious to the lowly.
Proverbs 28:8
Revised Standard Version
8 He who augments his wealth by interest and increase
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Legacy Standard Bible
8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
For the justice of all those [a]passing away.
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And render (C)justice to the afflicted and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
Proverbs 31:8-9
Revised Standard Version
8 Open your mouth for the dumb,
for the rights of all who are left desolate.[a]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Heb are sons of passing away
Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.