Proverbs 21:4
Modern English Version
4 A high look, a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked are sin.
Proverbs 21:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 An high look, and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:24
Modern English Version
24 Proud and haughty—scorner is his name,
who deals in proud wrath.
Proverbs 21:24
Authorized (King James) Version
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name,
who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs 22:4
Modern English Version
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
are riches, and honor, and life.
Proverbs 22:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
are riches, and honour, and life.
Proverbs 25:27
Modern English Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey;
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 25:27
Authorized (King James) Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey:
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 26:16
Modern English Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men who can answer reasonably.
Proverbs 26:16
Authorized (King James) Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.
Proverbs 27:2
Modern English Version
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:21
Modern English Version
21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,
so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 29:23
Modern English Version
23 A man’s pride will bring him low,
but honor will uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs 29:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 A man’s pride shall bring him low:
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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