Proverbs 2:8-9
New King James Version
8 He guards the paths of justice,
And (A)preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
Proverbs 2:8-9
Authorized (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.
Proverbs 8:20
New King James Version
20 I [a]traverse the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 8:20 walk about on
Proverbs 8:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverbs 12:5
New King James Version
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Proverbs 12:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right:
but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 13:23
New King James Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:23 uncultivated
- Proverbs 13:23 Lit. what is swept away
Proverbs 13:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor:
but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 16:10-12
New King James Version
10 Divination is on the lips of the king;
His mouth must not transgress in judgment.
11 (A)Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights in the bag are His [a]work.
12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
For (B)a throne is established by righteousness.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 16:11 concern
Proverbs 16:10-12
Authorized (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 to kings to commit wickedness:
for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 17:15
New King James Version
15 (A)He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:15
Authorized (King James) Version
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:23
New King James Version
23 A wicked man accepts a bribe [a]behind the back
To pervert the ways of justice.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:23 Under cover, lit. from the bosom
Proverbs 17:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom
to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:26
New King James Version
26 Also, to punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
Proverbs 17:26
Authorized (King James) Version
26 Also to punish the just is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs 18:5
New King James Version
5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
Or to overthrow the righteous in (A)judgment.
Proverbs 18:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 19:28
New King James Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 19:28 Lit. witness of Belial, worthless witness
Proverbs 19:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment:
and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Proverbs 21:3
New King James Version
3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
Authorized (King James) Version
3 To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:7
New King James Version
7 The violence of the wicked will [a]destroy them,
Because they refuse to do justice.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:7 Lit. drag them away
Proverbs 21:7
Authorized (King James) Version
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment.
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