Proverbs 21:16
New Living Translation
16 The person who strays from common sense
will end up in the company of the dead.
Proverbs 21:16
Common English Bible
16 People who wander from the path of insight
will rest in the company of the dead.
Proverbs 21:18
New Living Translation
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
and traitors in place of the honest.
Proverbs 21:18
Common English Bible
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous;
the treacherous will be punished[a] in the place of the virtuous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:18 Heb lacks will be punished.
Proverbs 21:21
New Living Translation
21 Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love
will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 21:21
Common English Bible
21 Those who pursue righteousness and kindness
will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 21:27
New Living Translation
27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
Proverbs 21:27
Common English Bible
27 The Lord detests the sacrifices of the wicked,
especially when brought with devious motives.
Proverbs 22:8
New Living Translation
8 Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
and their reign of terror will come to an end.[a]
Proverbs 22:8
Common English Bible
8 Those who sow injustice will harvest evil;
the rod of their fury will come to an end.
Proverbs 24:15-16
New Living Translation
15 Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
and don’t raid the house where the godly live.
16 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
Proverbs 24:15-16
Common English Bible
15 Wicked one, don’t wait secretly at the home of the righteous.
Don’t destroy their dwelling.
16 The righteous may fall seven times but still get up,
but the wicked will stumble into trouble.
Proverbs 26:1
New Living Translation
26 Honor is no more associated with fools
than snow with summer or rain with harvest.
Proverbs 26:1
Common English Bible
26 Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest,
so honor isn’t appropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 26:3
New Living Translation
3 Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
and a fool with a rod to his back!
Proverbs 26:3
Common English Bible
3 A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 26:27
New Living Translation
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.
Proverbs 26:27
Common English Bible
27 Those who dig a pit will fall in it;
those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.
Proverbs 29:16
New Living Translation
16 When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes,
but the godly will live to see their downfall.
Proverbs 29:16
Common English Bible
16 When the wicked become numerous, so do crimes;
the righteous will see their downfall.
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