Proverbs 3:3
Legacy Standard Bible
3 Do not let (A)lovingkindness and truth forsake you;
(B)Bind them around your neck,
(C)Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3
Common English Bible
3 Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Bind them on your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 11:13
Legacy Standard Bible
13 He (A)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But he who is faithful in spirit (B)conceals a matter.
Proverbs 11:13
Common English Bible
13 A slanderer walks around revealing secrets,
but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Proverbs 14:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 Will they not wander in error who (A)devise evil?
But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
Common English Bible
22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.
Proverbs 16:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence
Proverbs 16:6
Common English Bible
6 Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt;
the fear of the Lord turns away evil.
Proverbs 17:17
Legacy Standard Bible
17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Common English Bible
17 Friends love all the time,
and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.
Proverbs 19:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,
And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.
Proverbs 19:22
Common English Bible
22 People long for trustworthiness;
it is better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 20:6
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:6
Common English Bible
6 Many people will say that they are loyal,
but who can find a reliable person?
Proverbs 20:28
Legacy Standard Bible
28 Lovingkindness and (A)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
Proverbs 20:28
Common English Bible
28 Kindness and faithfulness protect the king;
he supports his throne by kindness.
Proverbs 23:26-28
Legacy Standard Bible
26 (A)Give your heart to me, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a (C)deep pit
And [b]a (D)foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lies in wait as a robber,
And adds to the treacherous among men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:26 Or observe
- Proverbs 23:27 Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16
Proverbs 23:26-28
Common English Bible
26 My child, give your mind to me
and let your eyes keep to my path.
27 A prostitute is a deep pit,
and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Indeed, she ambushes like a robber
and increases the number of the faithless.
Proverbs 25:13
Legacy Standard Bible
13 Like the cold of snow in the [a]time of harvest
Is a (A)faithful envoy to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:13 Lit day
Proverbs 25:13
Common English Bible
13 Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day
are reliable messengers to those who send them;
they restore the life of their master.
Proverbs 25:19
Legacy Standard Bible
19 Like [a]an aching tooth and a slipping foot
Is trust in a (A)treacherous man in a day of distress.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:19 Lit a bad
Proverbs 25:19
Common English Bible
19 Trusting a treacherous person at a difficult time
is like having a bad tooth or a wobbly foot.
Proverbs 28:20
Legacy Standard Bible
20 A (A)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (B)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:20
Common English Bible
20 Reliable people will have abundant blessings,
but those with get-rich-quick schemes won’t go unpunished.
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