Add parallel Print Page Options

32 For the (A)devious one is an abomination to Yahweh;
But His (B)secret council is with the upright.

Read full chapter

32 For the (A)devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But [a]He is (B)intimate with the upright.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:32 Lit His private counsel is

30 The fruit of the righteous is (A)a tree of life,
And (B)he who is wise [a]wins souls.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit takes

30 The fruit of the righteous is (A)a tree of life,
And (B)he who is wise [a]wins souls.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit takes

26 The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked makes them wander about.

Read full chapter

26 The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Read full chapter

20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

Read full chapter

20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

Read full chapter

28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a whisperer separates close companions.

Read full chapter

28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

Read full chapter

He who (A)covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter (B)separates close companions.

Read full chapter

He who (A)conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter (B)separates intimate friends.

Read full chapter

17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

Read full chapter

17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

Read full chapter

19 A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

Read full chapter

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

Read full chapter

24 A man of too many friends comes to [a]ruin,
But there is (A)a [b]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Or lover

24 A man of too many friends comes to [a]ruin,
But there is (A)a [b]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Or lover

(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Read full chapter

(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Read full chapter

(A)Many will seek the favor of a noble man,
And everyone is a friend to a man who (B)gives gifts.
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his (C)friends distance themselves from him!
He (D)pursues them with words, but they are no more.

Read full chapter

(A)Many will seek the favor of a [a]generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who (B)gives gifts.
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his (C)friends abandon him!
He (D)pursues them with words, but they are [b]gone.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:6 Or noble
  2. Proverbs 19:7 Lit not

Many a man will (A)call out his own lovingkindness,
But a (B)faithful man, who can find?

Read full chapter

Many a man (A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a (B)trustworthy man?

Read full chapter