Proverbs 2:10-11
New King James Version
10 When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion will preserve you;
(A)Understanding will keep you,
Proverbs 2:10-11
Lexham English Bible
10 for wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.[a]
11 Discretion will watch over you;
understanding will protect you,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:10 Or “inner self”
Proverbs 2:20
New King James Version
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
Proverbs 2:20
Lexham English Bible
20 So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,
and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
Proverbs 4:14-19
New King James Version
14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 (B)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 (C)But the path of the just (D)is like the shining [b]sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
19 (E)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
- Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
Proverbs 4:14-19
Lexham English Bible
14 In the path of the wicked do not go;
do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
15 Avoid it; do not transgress it;
turn away from it and pass by.
16 For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
17 For they ate the bread of wickedness,
and they drank the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn,
leading and shining until the day is full.[a]
19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:18 Literally “is correct”
Proverbs 13:20
New King James Version
20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Walk with the wise and be wise,
but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
Proverbs 16:28
New King James Version
28 A perverse man sows strife,
And (A)a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 16:28
Lexham English Bible
28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
and he who whispers separates a close friend.
Proverbs 17:12
New King James Version
12 Let a man meet (A)a bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
Lexham English Bible
12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:17
New King James Version
17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Lexham English Bible
17 The friend loves at all times[a],
but a brother is born for adversity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”
Proverbs 18:24
New King James Version
24 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin
Proverbs 18:24
Lexham English Bible
24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:4
New King James Version
4 (A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:6-7
New King James Version
6 Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
7 (A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go (B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they [a]abandon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Lit. are not
Proverbs 19:6-7
Lexham English Bible
6 Many will seek favor before the generous,
and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.[a]
7 All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
how much more will his friends keep away from him.
He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Hebrew “gift”
- Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”
Proverbs 20:19
New King James Version
19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.
Proverbs 20:19
Lexham English Bible
19 He reveals a secret, he who walks about with gossip,
and do not associate with a babbler’s lips.
Proverbs 22:24-25
New King James Version
24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (A)furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 Do not befriend an owner[a] of anger,[b]
and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
25 lest you learn his way
and become entangled in a snare to yourself.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:24 Or “master”
- Proverbs 22:24 Literally “nostril”
- Proverbs 22:25 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
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