27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So (A)to seek one’s own glory is not glory.

Read full chapter

27 It is not good to eat much honey:
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Read full chapter

12 (A)Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Read full chapter

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Read full chapter

My Son, Be Wise

27 Do(A) not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

(B)Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

Read full chapter

27 Boast not thyself of to morrow;
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Read full chapter

11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.

Read full chapter

11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit;
but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Read full chapter

25 (A)He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife,
(B)But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.

Read full chapter

25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:
but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

Read full chapter

23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Read full chapter

23 A man’s pride shall bring him low:
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Read full chapter

(A)Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And do not have the understanding of a man.
I neither learned wisdom
Nor have (B)knowledge of the Holy One.

(C)Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?
(D)Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name,
If you know?

Read full chapter

Surely I am more brutish than any man,
and have not the understanding of a man.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?
who hath gathered the wind in his fists?
who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established all the ends of the earth?
what is his name, and what is his son’s name,
if thou canst tell?

Read full chapter

21 For three things the earth is perturbed,
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
22 (A)For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,
23 A [a]hateful woman when she is married,
And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:23 Or hated

21 For three things the earth is disquieted,
and for four which it cannot bear:
22 for a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 for an odious woman when she is married;
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

Read full chapter

29 There are three things which are majestic in pace,
Yes, four which are stately in walk:
30 A lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn away from any;
31 A [a]greyhound,
A male goat also,
And [b]a king whose troops are with him.

32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 Or perhaps strutting rooster, lit. girded of waist
  2. Proverbs 30:31 A Jewish tradition a king against whom there is no uprising

29 There be three things which go well,
yea, four are comely in going:
30 a lion which is strongest among beasts,
and turneth not away for any;
31 a greyhound; an he goat also;
and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:
so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Read full chapter

30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

Read full chapter

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Read full chapter