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
New Living Translation
28 Unfailing love and faithfulness protect the king;
his throne is made secure through love.
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
New Living Translation
8 The guilty walk a crooked path;
the innocent travel a straight road.
Proverbs 21:29
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face
Proverbs 21:29
New Living Translation
29 The wicked bluff their way through,
but the virtuous think before they act.
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
New Living Translation
10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
11 Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech
will have the king as a friend.
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
New Living Translation
23 While dining with a ruler,
pay attention to what is put before you.
2 If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat;
3 don’t desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.
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
New Living Translation
6 Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
7 They are always thinking about how much it costs.[a]
“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.
8 You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
Notas al pie
- 23:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Proverbs 25:5
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:5
New Living Translation
5 Remove the wicked from the king’s court,
and his reign will be made secure by justice.
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
New Living Translation
6 Trusting a fool to convey a message
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
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
New Living Translation
10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander
is like an archer who shoots at random.
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
New Living Translation
24 People may cover their hatred with pleasant words,
but they’re deceiving you.
25 They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them.
Their hearts are full of many evils.[a]
26 While their hatred may be concealed by trickery,
their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.
27 If you set a trap for others,
you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
it will crush you instead.
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and flattering words cause ruin.
Notas al pie
- 26:25 Hebrew seven evils.
Proverbs 28:21
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face
Proverbs 28:21
New Living Translation
21 Showing partiality is never good,
yet some will do wrong for a mere piece of bread.
Proverbs 29:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Proverbs 29:5
New Living Translation
5 To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
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