Proverbs 19:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Those who keep the commandment will live;
those who are heedless of their ways will die.(A)
Proverbs 19:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A person who keeps a command preserves his life.
One who despises his ways will die.
Proverbs 19:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)
Proverbs 19:20
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
so that you will be wise in the future.
Proverbs 19:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)
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 19:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
straying[a] from words of knowledge.
Footnotes
- 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 19:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 If you stop listening to discipline, my son,
you will stray from the sayings that give knowledge.
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