Proverbs 19:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A person who keeps a command preserves his life.
One who despises his ways will die.
Proverbs 19:16
Lexham English Bible
16 He who guards commandments guards his life;[a]
he who is careless of his ways will be killed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:16 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 19:20
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
so that you will be wise in the future.
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 19:25
Evangelical Heritage Version
25 Strike a scoffer, and an undisciplined[a] person may learn caution.
Warn a person with understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:25 Or inexperienced
Proverbs 19:25
Lexham English Bible
25 The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence,
and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 If you stop listening to discipline, my son,
you will stray from the sayings that give 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”
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