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
American Standard Version
3 My son, forget not my [a]law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:1 Or, teaching
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
American Standard Version
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that [a]getteth understanding.
14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies:
And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:13 Hebrew draweth forth.
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
American Standard Version
23 For [a]the commandment is a lamp; and [b]the law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:23 Or, their commandment
- Proverbs 6:23 Or, their teaching
Proverbs 8:35
New King James Version
35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;
Proverbs 8:35
American Standard Version
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life,
And shall [a]obtain favor of Jehovah.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:35 Hebrew draw forth.
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
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, is a way
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, instruction
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, causeth to err
Proverbs 11:19
New King James Version
Proverbs 11:19
American Standard Version
19 [a]He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life;
And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:19 Or, So righteousness tendeth to life, and he etc.
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
American Standard Version
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
And he that is wise winneth souls.
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
American Standard 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
American Standard Version
4 [a]A gentle tongue is a tree of life;
But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Hebrew The healing of the tongue.
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
American Standard Version
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
And his favor 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
American Standard Version
22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;
But the correction of fools is their 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
American Standard 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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