Proverbs 24:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Prepare your work outside;
get everything ready for you in the field;
and after that build your house.
Proverbs 24:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 Prepare your work outside,
and get things ready for yourself in the fields.
Afterward, build your house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
30 I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
by the vineyard of a stupid person,(A)
31 and see, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,(B)
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
30 I passed by a lazy man’s field
and by a vineyard that belonged to a senseless man.
31 It was overgrown with thistles
and covered with weeds.
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw this, I took it to heart.
I observed and learned a lesson:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
and scarcity will come like a warrior.
Proverbs 25:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings is to search things out.(A)
Proverbs 25:2
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 It brings glory to God to hide a matter,
but it brings glory to kings to investigate a matter.
Proverbs 25:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
are faithful messengers to those who send them;
they refresh the spirit of their masters.(A)
Proverbs 25:13
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like cooling snow on a warm day during harvest.
He refreshes his masters’ spirits.
Proverbs 26:13-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”(A)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a lazy person in bed.
15 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish
and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.(B)
16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem
than seven who can answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:13-16
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 A lazy person says, “There’s a ferocious lion in the street.
There’s a lion in the public square!”
14 A door turns on its hinges,
and a lazy person turns on his bed.
15 A lazy person buries his hand in a dish,
but he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
16 A lazy person considers himself wiser
than seven people who answer sensibly.
Proverbs 27:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 Be certain that you know the condition of your flock very well.
Pay attention to your herds,
Proverbs 28:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread,
but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.(A)
Proverbs 28:19
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 A person who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever pursues fantasies will have plenty of poverty.
Proverbs 30:24-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Four things on earth are small,
yet they are exceedingly wise:
25 the ants are a people without strength,
yet they provide their food in the summer;(A)
26 the badgers are a people without power,
yet they make their homes in the rocks;(B)
27 the locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in rank;
28 the lizard[a] can be grasped in the hand,
yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
Footnotes
- 30.28 Or spider
Proverbs 30:24-28
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 Four things are small on the earth,
yet they are wiser than the wisest people:
25 Ants are a species without strength,
but they store their food in summer.
26 Rock badgers are a species without power,
but they make their home in a cliff.
27 Locusts have no king,
but they all march ahead in ranks.
28 Lizards can be caught in your hands,
but they live in kings’ palaces.
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