Proverbs 3:7-8
New Living Translation
7 Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 Then you will have healing for your body
and strength for your bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8
Living Bible
7-8 Don’t be conceited, sure of your own wisdom. Instead, trust and reverence the Lord, and turn your back on evil; when you do that, then you will be given renewed health and vitality.
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Proverbs 10:29
New Living Translation
29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
but it destroys the wicked.
Proverbs 11:7
New Living Translation
7 When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
for they rely on their own feeble strength.
Proverbs 11:7
Living Bible
7 When an evil man dies, his hopes all perish, for they are based upon this earthly life.
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Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 17:22
Living Bible
22 A cheerful heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit makes one sick.
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Proverbs 18:10-11
New Living Translation
10 The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
the godly run to him and are safe.
11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.
Proverbs 18:10-11
Living Bible
10 The Lord[a] is a strong fortress. The godly run to him and are safe.
11 The rich man thinks of his wealth as an impregnable defense, a high wall of safety. What a dreamer!
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- Proverbs 18:10 The Lord, literally, “The name of the Lord.”
Proverbs 20:29
New Living Translation
29 The glory of the young is their strength;
the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.
Proverbs 20:29
Living Bible
29 The glory of young men is their strength; of old men, their experience.[a]
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- Proverbs 20:29 their experience, literally, “the hoary head.”
Proverbs 21:22
New Living Translation
22 The wise conquer the city of the strong
and level the fortress in which they trust.
Proverbs 21:22
Living Bible
22 The wise man conquers the strong man and levels his defenses.
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Proverbs 24:3
New Living Translation
3 A house is built by wisdom
and becomes strong through good sense.
Proverbs 24:3-4
Living Bible
3-4 Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.
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Proverbs 24:5
New Living Translation
5 The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
Footnotes
- 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.
Proverbs 24:5
Living Bible
5 A wise man is mightier than a strong man. Wisdom is mightier than strength.
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Proverbs 24:10
New Living Translation
10 If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Proverbs 24:10
Living Bible
10 You are a poor specimen if you can’t stand the pressure of adversity.
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Proverbs 30:25
New Living Translation
25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
Proverbs 30:25-28
Living Bible
24-28 There are four things that are small but unusually wise:
Ants: they aren’t strong, but store up food for the winter.
Cliff badgers: delicate little animals who protect themselves by living among the rocks.
The locusts: though they have no leader, they stay together in swarms.
The lizards: they are easy to catch and kill, yet are found even in king’s palaces!
Proverbs 31:17
New Living Translation
17 She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.
Proverbs 31:25
New Living Translation
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.
Proverbs 31:25
Living Bible
25 She is a woman of strength and dignity and has no fear of old age.
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