Proverbs 3:27-32
Modern English Version
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it,”
when you have it with you.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
seeing he dwells securely by you.
30 Do not strive with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways;
32 for the perverse is an abomination to the Lord,
but His secret counsel is with the righteous.
Proverbs 3:27-32
Authorized (King James) Version
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give;
when thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause,
if he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 10:2
Modern English Version
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 10:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:1
Modern English Version
11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
Proverbs 11:1
Authorized (King James) Version
11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord:
but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 13:3
Modern English Version
3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
but he who opens wide his lips will have destruction.
Proverbs 13:3
Authorized (King James) Version
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 13:11
Modern English Version
11 Wealth gained by vanity will be diminished,
but he who gathers by labor will increase.
Proverbs 13:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 14:2
Modern English Version
2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 14:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord:
but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs 14:5
Modern English Version
5 A faithful witness will not lie,
but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 14:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 A faithful witness will not lie:
but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 15:27
Modern English Version
27 He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house,
but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27
Authorized (King James) Version
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 16:6
Modern English Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
Authorized (King James) Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:8
Modern English Version
8 Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
Authorized (King James) Version
8 Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:11
Modern English Version
11 A just weight and balance belong to the Lord;
all the weights of the bag are His work.
Proverbs 16:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 A just weight and balance are the Lord’s:
all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 17:2
Modern English Version
2 A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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