Add parallel Print Page Options

·Spoken words [L The words of a person’s mouth] can be like deep water,
·but [or and] the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

Read full chapter


The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];
The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].

Read full chapter

Those who ·get wisdom [L acquire heart] ·do themselves a favor [L love themselves],
and those who ·love learning [guard understanding] will succeed.

Read full chapter


He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper.

Read full chapter

·It takes wisdom to have a good family [L By wisdom a house is built],
    and ·it takes understanding to make it strong [L by understanding it is established].

Read full chapter


Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built,
And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

Read full chapter

Foolish people cannot understand wisdom.
They ·have nothing to say [L do not open their mouth] in ·a discussion [L the gate; C where the elders make decisions].

Read full chapter


Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] [a]fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:7 See note 1:7.

14 In the same way, wisdom is pleasing to ·you [your soul].
    If you find it, you have ·hope for the [L a] future,
and your ·wishes [hope] will ·come true [L not be cut off].

Read full chapter

14 
Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul;
If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward,
And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

Read full chapter

26 Those who trust in ·themselves [L their own hearts] are foolish,
but those who ·live wisely [L walk in wisdom] will be ·kept safe [or refreshed].

Read full chapter

26 
He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.(A)

Read full chapter

24 “There are four things on earth that are small,
    but they are very wise:
25 Ants are not very strong,
    but they ·store up [have] food in the summer.
26 ·Rock badgers [or Coneys] are not very powerful,
    but they can live among the ·rocks [crags].
27 Locusts have no king,
    but they ·all go forward in formation [advance together in ranks].
28 Lizards can be caught in the hand,
    but they are found even in kings’ palaces.

Read full chapter

24 
There are four things that are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
25 
The ants are not a strong people,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;(A)
26 
The [a]shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;(B)
27 
The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in groups;
28 
You may grasp the lizard with your hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:26 Small, shy, furry animals, (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and in the region around the Dead Sea; kjv coney, orig NASB badgers.