Proverbs 3:7-8
New American Standard Bible
7 (A)Do not be wise in your own eyes;
(B)Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 It will be (C)healing to your [a]body
And (D)refreshment to your bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel
Proverbs 3:7-8
Revised Standard Version
7 Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
8 It will be healing to your flesh[a]
and refreshment[b] to your bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:8 Heb navel
- Proverbs 3:8 Or medicine
Proverbs 10:29
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 10:29
Revised Standard Version
29 The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright,
but destruction to evildoers.
Proverbs 11:7
New American Standard Bible
7 When a wicked person dies, his (A)expectation will perish,
And the (B)hope of strong people perishes.
Proverbs 11:7
Revised Standard Version
7 When the wicked dies, his hope perishes,
and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.
Proverbs 17:22
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Lit causes good healing
Proverbs 17:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 18:10-11
New American Standard Bible
10 The (A)name of the Lord is a (B)strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and (C)is [a]safe.
11 A (D)rich person’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:10 Lit set on high
Proverbs 18:10-11
Revised Standard Version
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
11 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall protecting him.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:11 Or in his imagination
Proverbs 20:29
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:29 Or splendor
Proverbs 20:29
Revised Standard Version
29 The glory of young men is their strength,
but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
Proverbs 21:22
New American Standard Bible
22 A (A)wise person scales the city of the mighty
And brings down the [a]stronghold in which they trust.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:22 Lit strength of trust
Proverbs 21:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty
and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
Proverbs 24:3
New American Standard Bible
3 (A)By wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3
Revised Standard Version
3 By wisdom a house is built,
and by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:5
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:5 Lit in strength
- Proverbs 24:5 Lit strengthens power
Proverbs 24:5
Revised Standard Version
5 A wise man is mightier than a strong man,[a]
and a man of knowledge than he who has strength;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:5 Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb is in strength
Proverbs 24:10
New American Standard Bible
10 If you (A)show yourself lacking courage on the day of distress,
Your strength is meager.
Proverbs 24:10
Revised Standard Version
10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
Proverbs 30:25
New American Standard Bible
25 The (A)ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;
Proverbs 30:25
Revised Standard Version
25 the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
Proverbs 31:17
New American Standard Bible
17 She (A)surrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.
Proverbs 31:17
Revised Standard Version
17 She girds her loins with strength
and makes her arms strong.
Proverbs 31:25
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:25 Lit latter days
Proverbs 31:25
Revised Standard Version
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
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