Proverbs 22:11
New King James Version
11 (A)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
Proverbs 22:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 22:24
New King James Version
24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (A)furious man do not go,
Proverbs 22:24
Authorized (King James) Version
24 Make no friendship with an angry man;
and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 24:26
New King James Version
26 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
Proverbs 24:26
Authorized (King James) Version
26 Every man shall kiss his lips
that giveth a right answer.
Proverbs 27:6
New King James Version
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are (A)deceitful.
Proverbs 27:6
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9-10
New King James Version
9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by [a]hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Lit. counsel of the soul
Proverbs 27:9-10
Authorized (King James) Version
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:17
New King James Version
17 As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 28:7
New King James Version
7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28:7
Authorized (King James) Version
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son:
but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Proverbs 29:5
New King James Version
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour
spreadeth a net for his feet.
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