Proverbs 22:11
Modern English Version
11 He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king will be his friend.
Proverbs 22:11
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- 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 22:24
Modern English Version
Saying Three
24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
and with a furious man you will not go,
Proverbs 22:24
American Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 24:26
Modern English Version
26 Every man will kiss his lips
that gives a right answer.
Proverbs 24:26
American Standard Version
26 He [a]kisseth the lips
Who giveth a right answer.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:26 Or, kisseth with the lips
Proverbs 27:6
Modern English Version
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:6
American Standard Version
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:9-10
Modern English Version
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,
so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:9-10
American Standard Version
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:17
Modern English Version
17 Iron sharpens iron,
so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:17
American Standard Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 28:7
Modern English Version
7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son,
but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
Proverbs 28:7
American Standard Version
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son;
But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
Proverbs 29:5
Modern English Version
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:5
American Standard Version
5 A man that flattereth his neighbor
Spreadeth a net for his steps.
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