Proverbs 20:28
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:28 mercy
Proverbs 21:8
New King James Version
8 The way of [a]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;
Proverbs 21:29
New King James Version
29 A wicked man hardens his face,
But as for the upright, he [a]establishes his way.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:29 Qr., LXX understands
Proverbs 22:10-11
New King James Version
10 (A)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
11 (B)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
New King James Version
Listen to Your Father
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
2 And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.
Proverbs 23:6-8
New King James Version
6 Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“Eat and drink!” (B)he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye
Proverbs 25:5
New King James Version
5 Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in (A)righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
New King James Version
6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:10
New King James Version
10 [a]The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Heb. difficult in v. 10; ancient and modern translators differ greatly
Proverbs 26:24-28
New King James Version
24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
25 (A)When [a]he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
27 (B)Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works (C)ruin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious
Proverbs 28:21
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit. recognize faces
Proverbs 29:5
New King James Version
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:12
New King James Version
12 If a ruler pays attention to lies,
All his servants become wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
New King James Version
19 A servant will not be corrected by mere words;
For though he understands, he will not respond.
Proverbs 29:21
New King James Version
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood
Will have him as a son in the end.
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