Proverbs 3:1-2
New King James Version
Guidance for the Young
3 My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;
2 For length of days and long life
And (B)peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 3:1-2
Authorized (King James) Version
3 My son, forget not my law;
but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 for length of days, and long life, and peace,
shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 3:13-18
New King James Version
13 (A)Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding;
14 (B)For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver,
And her gain than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies,
And (C)all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.
16 (D)Length of days is in her right hand,
In her left hand riches and honor.
17 (E)Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is (F)a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who [a]retain her.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:18 hold her fast
Proverbs 3:13-18
Authorized (King James) Version
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs 6:23
New King James Version
23 (A)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Proverbs 6:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 8:35
New King James Version
35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;
Proverbs 8:35
Authorized (King James) Version
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life,
and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
Proverbs 10:17
New King James Version
17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
But he who refuses correction [a]goes astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:17 leads
Proverbs 10:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs 11:19
New King James Version
Proverbs 11:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 As righteousness tendeth to life:
so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs 11:30
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
Proverbs 11:30
Authorized (King James) Version
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 12:28
New King James Version
28 In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 In the way of righteousness is life;
and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 15:4
New King James Version
4 A [a]wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Lit. healing
Proverbs 15:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:15
New King James Version
15 In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a (A)cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 16:15
Authorized (King James) Version
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 16:22
New King James Version
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 16:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it:
but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 18:21
New King James Version
21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue:
and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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