Proverbs 3:27-32
New American Standard Bible
27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.
29 (C)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
30 (D)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
31 (E)Do not envy a violent person,
And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the (F)devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But [b]He is (G)intimate with the upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
- Proverbs 3:32 Lit His private counsel is
Proverbs 3:27-32
English Standard Version
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
29 (C)Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
who (D)dwells trustingly beside you.
30 (E)Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
31 (F)Do not envy (G)a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
32 for (H)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are (I)in his confidence.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners
Proverbs 10:2
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:2 Lit Treasures of wickedness
Proverbs 10:2
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Proverbs 11:1
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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
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Proverbs 11:1
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Proverbs 13:3
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:3 Lit ruin is his
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 13:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:11 Prob. referring to fraud
- Proverbs 13:11 Lit by hand
Proverbs 13:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud
Proverbs 14:2
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2 One who (A)walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
But one who is (B)devious in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 Whoever (A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
but he who is (B)devious in his ways despises him.
Proverbs 14:5
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Proverbs 14:5
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Proverbs 15:27
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
but he who hates (C)bribes will live.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:11
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11 A (A)just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the [a]weights of the bag are His [b]concern.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:11 Lit stones
- Proverbs 16:11 Lit work
Proverbs 16:11
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11 (A)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
all the weights in the bag are his work.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
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