Proverbs 2:8-9
Modern English Version
8 He keeps the paths of justice,
and preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment
and equity, and every good path.
Proverbs 2:8-9
21st Century King James Version
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of His saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity, yea, every good path.
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Proverbs 8:20
Modern English Version
20 I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of justice,
Proverbs 8:20
21st Century King James Version
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
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Proverbs 12:5
Modern English Version
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right,
but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:5
21st Century King James Version
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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Proverbs 13:23
Modern English Version
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor,
but for lack of justice it is destroyed.
Proverbs 13:23
21st Century King James Version
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for want of judgment.
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Proverbs 16:10-12
Modern English Version
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;
his mouth does not transgress in judgment.
11 A just weight and balance belong to the Lord;
all the weights of the bag are His work.
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness,
for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 16:10-12
21st Century King James Version
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11 A just weight and balance are the Lord’S; all the weights of the bag are His work.
12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Proverbs 17:15
Modern English Version
15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
both of them are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:15
21st Century King James Version
15 He that justifieth the wicked and he that condemneth the just, both alike are an abomination to the Lord.
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Proverbs 17:23
Modern English Version
23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of a hidden place
to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:23
21st Century King James Version
23 A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Proverbs 17:26
Modern English Version
26 Also to punish the just is not good,
nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
Proverbs 17:26
21st Century King James Version
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their equity.
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Proverbs 18:5
Modern English Version
5 It is not good to favor the wicked,
or to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:5
21st Century King James Version
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Proverbs 19:28
Modern English Version
28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Proverbs 19:28
21st Century King James Version
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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Proverbs 21:3
Modern English Version
3 To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
21st Century King James Version
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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Proverbs 21:7
Modern English Version
7 The violence of the wicked will destroy them,
because they refuse to do justice.
Proverbs 21:7
21st Century King James Version
7 The robberies of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment.
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