Proverbs 3:3
Modern English Version
3 Do not let mercy and truth forsake you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart,
Proverbs 3:3
Authorized (King James) Version
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 11:13
Modern English Version
13 A talebearer reveals secrets,
but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
Proverbs 11:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs 14:22
Modern English Version
22 Do they not err who devise evil?
But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 Do they not err that devise evil?
but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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 17:17
Modern English Version
17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 19:22
Modern English Version
22 The desire of a man is his kindness,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 19:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 The desire of a man is his kindness:
and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 20:6
Modern English Version
6 Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness,
but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 20:6
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:28
Modern English Version
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king,
and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Proverbs 20:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king:
and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Proverbs 23:26-28
Modern English Version
Saying Eighteen
26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep ditch,
and a seductress is a narrow pit.
28 She also lies in wait as for a prey,
and increases the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 23:26-28
Authorized (King James) Version
26 My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch;
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 25:13
Modern English Version
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to them that send him:
for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:19
Modern English Version
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
is like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 25:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 28:20
Modern English Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but he who makes haste to be rich will not be innocent.
Proverbs 28:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings:
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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