Proverbs 3:3
New King James Version
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
(A)Bind them around your neck,
(B)Write them on the tablet of your heart,
Proverbs 3:3
Lexham English Bible
3 May loyal love[a] and truth not forsake you;
bind them around your neck,
write them upon your heart.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 3:3 Or “kindness, mercy”
Proverbs 11:13
New King James Version
Proverbs 11:13
Lexham English Bible
13 A gossip walks about telling a secret,
but the trustworthy in spirit keeps the matter.
Proverbs 14:22
New King James Version
22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
Lexham English Bible
22 Have they not erred, those who plan evil?
But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Proverbs 16:6
New King James Version
6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
Lexham English Bible
6 By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,[a]
and by fear of Yahweh one turns[b] from evil.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 16:6 Or “atoned for”
- Proverbs 16:6 Literally “turning”
Proverbs 17:17
New King James Version
17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Lexham English Bible
17 The friend loves at all times[a],
but a brother is born for adversity.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”
Proverbs 19:22
New King James Version
22 What is desired in a man is [a]kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 19:22 Lit. lovingkindness
Proverbs 19:22
Lexham English Bible
22 The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 19:22 Literally “man of lying”
Proverbs 20:6
New King James Version
6 Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy
Proverbs 20:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?
Proverbs 20:28
New King James Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:28 mercy
Proverbs 20:28
Lexham English Bible
28 Loyalty and faithfulness will preserve a king,
and he is upheld with the righteousness of his throne.
Proverbs 23:26-28
New King James Version
26 My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
27 (A)For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
28 (B)She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23:26-28
Lexham English Bible
26 My child, may you give your heart[a] to me,
and may your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a deep pit is a prostitute,[b]
and a narrow well is an adulteress.[c]
28 She is also like a robber lying in wait,
and the faithless among mankind she increases.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:26 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 23:27 Or “whore”
- Proverbs 23:27 Literally “a foreign woman”
Proverbs 25:13
New King James Version
13 (A)Like the cold of snow in time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:13
Lexham English Bible
13 Like the cold of snow on a day[a] of harvest
is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
and the soul[b] of his master is refreshed.[c]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 25:13 Or “at a season”
- Proverbs 25:13 Or “life,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 25:13 Or “returned”
Proverbs 25:19
New King James Version
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 25:19
Lexham English Bible
19 A bad tooth and a lame foot
is the trust of a faithless person in a time[a] of trouble.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 25:19 Literally “on a day”
Proverbs 28:20
New King James Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
(A)But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:20
Lexham English Bible
20 A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,
but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
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