Proverbs 20:28
Legacy Standard Bible
28 Lovingkindness and (A)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
Proverbs 20:28
American Standard Version
28 Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And [a]his throne is upholden by kindness.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:28 Or, he upholdeth his throne
Proverbs 21:8
Legacy Standard Bible
8 The way of a guilty man is (A)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.
Proverbs 21:8
American Standard Version
8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;
But as for the pure, his work is [a]right.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:8 Or, straight
Proverbs 21:29
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face
Proverbs 21:29
American Standard Version
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face;
But as for the upright, [a]he establisheth his ways.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:29 Another reading is, he considereth his way.
Proverbs 22:10-11
Legacy Standard Bible
10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
11 He who loves (B)purity of heart
And (C)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.
Proverbs 22:10-11
American Standard Version
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
11 He that loveth [a]pureness of heart,
[b]For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:11 Another reading is, the pure of heart.
- Proverbs 22:11 Or, Hath grace in his lips. Or, That hath grace in his lips
Proverbs 23:1-3
Legacy Standard Bible
The Fear of Yahweh
23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well [a]what is before you,
2 So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of appetite.
3 Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is bread of falsehood.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:1-3
American Standard Version
23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
Consider diligently [a]him that is before thee;
2 [b]And put a knife to thy throat,
If thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties;
Seeing they are deceitful food.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:1 Or, what
- Proverbs 23:2 Or, For thou wilt put
Proverbs 23:6-8
Legacy Standard Bible
6 (A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;
7 For as he [b]calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But (C)his heart is not with you.
8 You will (D)vomit up [c]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
- Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
Proverbs 23:6-8
American Standard Version
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
Neither desire thou his dainties:
7 For [a]as he thinketh within himself, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
And lose thy sweet words.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:7 Or, as one that reckoneth
Proverbs 25:5
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:5
American Standard Version
5 Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
American Standard Version
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
Proverbs 26:10
Legacy Standard Bible
10 [a]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by
Proverbs 26:10
American Standard Version
10 [a]As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:10 Or, A master worker formeth all things; But he that hireth the fool is as one that hireth them that pass by. The Hebrew is obscure.
Proverbs 26:24-28
Legacy Standard Bible
24 He who (A)hates disguises it with his lips,
But he sets up (B)deceit within himself.
25 When he (C)makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred (D)covers itself with guile,
His evil will be (E)revealed in the assembly.
27 He who (F)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates [a]those it crushes,
And a (G)flattering mouth works ruin.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones
Proverbs 26:24-28
American Standard Version
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;
But he layeth up deceit within him:
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not;
For there are seven abominations in his heart:
26 Though his hatred cover itself with guile,
His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;
And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath [a]wounded;
And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:28 Hebrew crushed.
Proverbs 28:21
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face
Proverbs 28:21
American Standard Version
21 To have respect of persons is not good;
[a]Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:21 Or, For for a piece of bread a man will transgress
Proverbs 29:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Proverbs 29:5
American Standard Version
5 A man that flattereth his neighbor
Spreadeth a net for his steps.
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