Proverbs 19:1
Modern English Version
19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
American Standard Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 23:15-16
Modern English Version
Saying Fourteen
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will rejoice—even mine.
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23:15-16
American Standard Version
15 My son, if thy heart be wise,
My heart will be glad, even mine:
16 Yea, my [a]heart will rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:16 Hebrew reins.
Proverbs 24:1-2
Modern English Version
Saying Twenty
24 Do not be envious against evil men,
nor desire to be with them;
2 for their heart studies destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 24:1-2
American Standard Version
24 Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2 For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 26:7
Modern English Version
7 The legs of the lame are not equal;
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:7
American Standard Version
7 The legs of the lame hang loose;
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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